Ivan Lendl
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People mistaking my kindness for weakness and stealing from me.
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Jessica Brown Findlay
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Adrian Edmondson
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Not doing Top Of The Pops when The Young Ones’ single went to number one.
Without naming names, some people I’ve put a lot of faith and trust and love into.
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My wife dying. I wouldn’t know how to go on.
In the Sultan of Brunei’s will.
Impatience. My dad said I was born in a hurry.
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