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For a while I wanted to be a policewoman, but I didn’t have five O-levels.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
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Olivia Williams
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My mother says I had a plan to be a farmer’s wife and a violinist, going to concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in my tractor.
Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
I didn’t want to be anything because I don’t look ahead. Even as a kid I thought it was pointless.
Joan Jett
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An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
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Like hunger, which feels like anxiousness, which feels like fear, which feels like excitement.
I have the invisibility of a middle-aged woman. I live in Brighton, and feel for the first time in my life that I belong. My kids are safe, my husband’s in a good place and we have a roof over our head: I can’t imagine needing more than that.
A 12-hour nightshift at a toy factory in Southend.
My older sister, Jeanne. We fought when we were kids, but she is so entirely capable.
I am my biggest disappointment.
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