Romesh Ranganathan
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I worked at KFC, as a vegetarian, doing Friday and Saturday nights.
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I was the PE technician at my old secondary school, so I had to pump up all the balls, wash all the kits and get the form notes in before morning registration every day.
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Cressida Cowell
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I was a terrible secretary in a publishing company (clumsy, disorganised, hid letters behind the filing cabinet because I was supposed to have done something with them and I wasn’t sure what).
Cockroach stamper at a dried-flower factory.
Ralf Little
English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer
For two weeks I worked behind the players’ bar at Bolton Wanderers football club – footballers don’t tip.
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Regrets. That’s no way to live.
Oh when was the last time I didn’t?! I’m a crier. I cry. All the time.
Offer kindness always.
Sounds cliched, but I always wanted to be an actor.
I am genuinely buzzed about it! I think we just keep getting better, smarter, wiser, truer, happier.
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