Mike Skinner
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Realising that success wasn't going to keep me happy all my life.
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Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗
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When the babies were born, in March 2017.
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