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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Guz Khan
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I bought a BMW 7 series and my best mate said: “I don’t think you should buy this, bro, it’s too cheap.” And I said: “Let’s live the dream” and put my foot down hard on the accelerator and the bottom of the engine and the gearbox blew out.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗

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Kevin Pietersen English cricketer
The way I left English cricket. I was scapegoated for the Ashes tour in 2013-14 and there was a bitter battle between the England Cricket Board and me for a few years.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2019 source ↗
Una Stubbs British actress, television personality, and dancer
Never learning another language.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

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Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret
To my cousin P, who was one of my best mates growing up. We lost him when we were in our 20s and, before he passed away, I was so busy with this stupid thing called life and a brand new kid. He called me and said: “Bro, I’m not feeling right.” And I said: “Bro, you’ve never been feeling right.” And it always sits on my head that if me or somebody else had been paying more attention maybe things would have worked out different. He had extremely rare bowel cancer and died five weeks later at 27.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗

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