Paul Heaton
British musician
Making songs that are more famous than me.
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Staying sane in a career path that tries endlessly to unnerve you.
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Edward Fox
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I feel lucky to have been in this business for as long as I have. When I think of the intake that I was with at Rada, only one other person is still an actor, an old fellow called Bill Gaunt.
Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist
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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A man. I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don’t like being identified as female: I’m a person.
For winning that elusive Oscar.
The world doesn’t reward talent, it mostly rewards those who are connected.
Everyone comes to me for advice, and I wish they didn’t. I negotiate fees for other artists, give advice on property, on food, on clothes, on pensions. I can be standing on a corner in another country and someone will approach me for help.
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