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Actors live in a constant state of disappointment. I’ll never be happy with what I’ve done.
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Sara Cox
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As an adult, not having my own horse yet.
Not being a professional footballer.
Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
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Walking along Oxford Street on Saturday pulling a shopping trolley that my mother bought me. I remember saying, “I’m never going to use that!” and there I was, very grateful to have it in my life. She died before Christmas and I can’t ring her to tell her that she was right.
I hope the happiest moment is still ahead of me.
Not being able to breathe – I get very panicky at the thought.
A hairdresser – I still want to be a hairdresser.
Eight or nine years ago, I disgraced myself in the Japanese ambassador’s home in Dublin, at a celebration for my late mother-in-law’s book about living in Japan. Afterwards, when I had to apologise, she told me it was the worst night of her life and, because I was drunk enough not to remember the details, it will never not be the most embarrassing night of my life. People are filling in details even now – “Remember when you fell under the table during the first course?”
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