Zoe Ball
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I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.
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A nurse, because my grandmother was a midwife. I was named after her but never got to meet her.
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Shirley MacLaine
American actress and author
At three, I knew I was too tall to be a ballerina, so that wasn’t going to happen.
Chris Hoy
British track cyclist, 1994–2013
Scotland’s rugby captain. My hero Gavin Hastings was captain when he came to our school for a training session when I was 10 or 11. I met him and was blown away.
Charlotte Church
Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
A barrister, a vet or a singer.
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It feels healthy and it makes your body tingle and you feel excited to be alive.
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