That I turned a broken heart into a career. That I hit rock bottom and bounced back up a lot higher.
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My debut album.
To be working still.
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Not winning any literary prizes.
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
When the book of my enemy was discounted.
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