To be blonde. It was just my ambition in life. Just to be blonde.
Laura Brown, harper by Harper's BAZAAR, Harper's Bazaar, 9 February 2015 source ↗
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?Originally asked
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Pauline McLynn
Irish character actress and author
A hairdresser – I still want to be a hairdresser.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Founder and executive chairperson of Biocon
I wanted to get into medical college.
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Kripa Mahalingam, Secret diary of an entrepreneur, Outlook Business, 24 March 2018
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Jim Kerr
Scottish singer and songwriter
In the Beatles.
John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
A trade union official.
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I won't allow people's shit limit what I do.
I love curating things in general. I love writing. It might actually be the solution to my problem, my dilemma that I don't know what to do. It's because I like to do everything. I like to appease that nature of wanting to dabble in things.
I'd need a great business partner. I'm glad we're talking about it because it's been a great frustration in my life. I can't seem to find the right person to help me do that.
Frogs and public speaking.
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