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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Liam Gallagher
English singer-songwriter
Oasis splitting up.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
I am always disappointed in myself. I always feel that I haven’t achieved enough, or been as good a parent as I could be.
Robbie Williams
English singer
Not having a 32-inch waist for most of my adult life.
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Watching my two baby dogs play. They are rat terriers, rescue dogs.
To know whether democracy really will work in the future.
At three, I knew I was too tall to be a ballerina, so that wasn’t going to happen.
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