Without naming names, some people I’ve put a lot of faith and trust and love into.
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Kiefer Sutherland
British and Canadian actor
Some of my choices were mistakes, so I’d have to say myself.
Rose Ayling-Ellis
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I didn’t email my grandfather enough before he passed away.
Not being a scratch golfer.
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A bed from Savoir Beds. People spend loads of money on cars, but spend more of their lives sleeping than driving. The maths is wrong, if you ask me.
Lack of magnesium.
As an accomplished dancer and tennis player, because I do neither, so my loved ones would be very confused.
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West).
I ran 10k once. I’ve got a medal.
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