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My complete ineptitude at sport.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Sandy Powell
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Not meeting David Bowie, but then they say it’s best not to meet your heroes.
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My first business, People's Place, went bankrupt in the mid-70s.
Jason Manford
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That I go to the gym a couple of times a week, yet I am unfit and overweight.
Julie Walters
British actress
I don't go in for disappointment.
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View profile →My brother, Michael. He is an academic and has devoted his life to scholarship; my life seems trivial by comparison. Bastard.
Worrying about insomnia.
I Will Remember You, by Sarah McLachlan. That’ll choke the bastards up if nothing else will.
Still being in work. And my vineyards; they’re beautiful.
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