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What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Matt Goss English singer-songwriter
I wanted to be like Vidal Sassoon and wear the three-piece suit and be part of pop culture.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 March 2022 source ↗
Gregg Wallace English broadcaster and writer
A sailor. I wanted to be in the Royal Navy like my grandad.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 April 2022 source ↗
Kate Mosse English writer
First I wanted to be in the circus, then a tap dancer, then prime minister. I have failed at all three.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2022 source ↗

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I am of course honoured to get this recognition for all the work I’ve done over the years, but I’m also proud for my family and for my native country and my adopted country, and especially for Turkey it’s quite important.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, The Nobel Prize, 7 October 2015 source ↗

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