To myself. I am my harshest critic.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player
Frank Adamson, my first coach, for not spending more time with him in his later years. I feel bad about that.
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Actor and writer
To my grandma Faye, because I didn’t realise, when I was growing up, what an icon she was. She fought at Cable Street, and worked her arse off to get the family out of the tenements. She had a lot of wisdom to impart.
Martin Sheen
American actor
My son Ramón was the victim of my wrath at a particular time that still withers me with disgrace.
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My difficulty to forgive.
Exactly what I am now.
Pretending I’m happy when I’m not.
That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.
A cashmere shawl.
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