Eleanor Tomlinson
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Losing out on a role, any role. I get so invested. I can take rejection, but only when useful feedback is given.
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Professionally, when I lost my first Wimbledon final. I am also disappointed I didn’t learn Spanish when I lived there.
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Matthew Modine
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My biggest disappointment would be living with disappointment. What a burden to be shackled to. I would be truly disappointed if I didn’t (as the song says) pick myself up, dust myself off, and start all over again.
Mary J Blige
American singer and actress
Myself, for having such a lack of love for myself at times.
Politics. And casting directors.
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View profile →I am happy to sit in silence with my wife and I think that is a good sign – we are just happy being in each other’s company.
Driving home on my own, thinking about the last 18 months, which have been really difficult, and getting back to playing tennis again without any pain in my hip. It was happy crying.
I've never set out to be a spokesperson for women's equality. My experience of working with Amelie Mauresmo gave me a small insight into attitudes to women in sport and, because it was unusual for a male tennis player to work with a female coach, I am often asked about that. Working with Amelie was, for me, because she was the right person for the job, and not a question of her sex at all. However, it became clear to me that she wasn't always treated the same as men in similar jobs, and so I felt I had to speak out about that.
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