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Beijing 2008 – not making the Olympic final.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Gavin Rossdale
British musician
Sometimes it was disappointing not to have the fan base at home in the UK that we had elsewhere.
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Actor and playwright
When I realised I wasn’t going to make it as a singer-songwriter when I was about 25.
Susan Greenfield
British scientist
Although I have a driving licence, I don't drive – I am very bad at it.
I was very sorry to stop at two children – I would have liked to have had a third – and I am very sorry to have got divorced.
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A mechanic when I was a little kid, and then, when I came to the UK, I wanted to play professional football.
Being dad to my kids and having a family.
Probably my wife, because sometimes I do crazy things.
I have worked in McDonald’s.
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