Samira Ahmed
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A 50-metre lido that was always empty when I went.
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More clarity, or if I went to the gym more.
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Victoria Derbyshire
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Having someone to come in every day and tidy my house.
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A hydrogen-powered private jet for me and my dog. We’d be zero carbon dioxide emissions, so could go anywhere we liked.
Being able to cram the quality of eight hours’ sleep into four.
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I believe happiness is in the moment, so now.
I got injured when I was a kid and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. Now I am quite happy being an actor but, at the time, that was the biggest thing to overcome.
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