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A travel agent, so I could see the world.
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A mechanic when I was a little kid, and then, when I came to the UK, I wanted to play professional football.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2019 source ↗
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When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world’s number one tennis player.
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First loved, then laid, then paid.
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Beijing 2008 – not making the Olympic final.
When I was a kid, travelling from Ethiopia to the UK, the plane door opened, the oxygen masks came down and the plane did an emergency landing in Egypt.
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