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Never getting back to a size 12.
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Kiefer Sutherland
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Some of my choices were mistakes, so I’d have to say myself.
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My ears – disappointments that grow bigger each year.
Lauren Laverne
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My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
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An actor or a nun.
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