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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2010 source ↗
I don't know. I was lucky; I was able to study with the people I wanted to, be friends with the people I wanted to and in the end I've been able to make a living the way I wanted to.
That my critics remain healthy, despite violent attacks of spleen.
When I lost a race for the United States Senate, I thought the world was going to end for me politically, and 18 years later I was elected President of the United States. The biggest disappointment was that I wasn't able to communicate properly to the American people — with the proper conviction and the proper ability — where the country really stood. The pessimists, the naysayers, the change-wanters overwhelmed me, and I wasn't good enough. I wasn't articulate enough to have the country understand that we weren't in a recession, that we were in a rather booming economy in the last half of my presidency. That was a personal shortcoming, a failure on my path.
I never set my sights that high, so I’m not disappointed with anything.
People in their 80s who are still volunteering and giving to the community.
Gloria Steinem, Caroline Lucas, Tina Brown, Vince Cable, Robert Peston, Samira Ahmed
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