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A mutant turtle ninja.
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For a while I wanted to be a policewoman, but I didn’t have five O-levels.
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Pauline McLynn
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A hairdresser – I still want to be a hairdresser.
Steve Pemberton
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What I am now, but with a better singing voice.
Gareth Bale
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I just wanted to fulfil my potential.
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Like hunger, which feels like anxiousness, which feels like fear, which feels like excitement.
A 12-hour nightshift at a toy factory in Southend.
A television. I don’t care for things. When I moved, I downsized and threw away most of my possessions.
My older sister, Jeanne. We fought when we were kids, but she is so entirely capable.
I have the invisibility of a middle-aged woman. I live in Brighton, and feel for the first time in my life that I belong. My kids are safe, my husband’s in a good place and we have a roof over our head: I can’t imagine needing more than that.
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