What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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Recorded Björn Ulvaeus said elsewhere, not written here
Successful like my two uncles, who were paper industry magnates.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗

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An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
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Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
I know that for a very long time my consuming passion, which was confirmed when I contracted TB — I had TB when I was about 12 or so — was I wanted to be a physician and when I got TB I was even more determined. I want to be physician so that I can find a cure for the scourge. And, in fact, I was admitted to medical school. If we had had the funds maybe today I would have been a physician.
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