Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
I try not to have disappointments, because a lot of the bad things that happen in life teach you things.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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How little money really changes things. It buys doctors but not health, clothes but not taste, makeup but not beauty. When I was young and didn’t have anything, I imagined money had more power.
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I would have tried to meet Lou Reed backstage. I went to see him for years, and never tried to meet him. Eventually we met at award shows and did become friends.
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