Jodie Whittaker
English actress
My friendships.
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Deciding what I wanted to do at 15 and, against all odds, doing it.
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Victoria Pendleton
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Apart from two Olympic gold medals, I’m proud of finishing fifth in the Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2016, having never ridden a horse 12 months earlier.
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That’s easy. I’ve consistently punched above my weight.
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Retaining my sense of self in an insecure job.
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Scarlet fever, 1962. Hypothermia, 1974. Lightning strike, 1986.
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Heady, dizzying, magical. Time stops.
A sustainable future for all. I could finally stop worrying.
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