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Shooting hosiery on top of an iceberg and getting my backside stuck to it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗
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Bernadine Evaristo
English author and academic
On a cosmetics production line. I walked out after half a day.
Emma Bunton
British singer
When I was younger, I appeared in the Halifax adverts that featured a cake or a bridge made of hundreds of people. You stood there for three days and were not even really seen.
Being a cocktail waitress and having to wear a compromising dress in an unwoke 1990s world.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
I’ve never had a job.
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Not becoming a ballerina.
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