At school, a careers adviser asked me what I wanted to be and I said fashion journalist, so writing for Vogue has provided me with the opportunity to fulfil a dream.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2011 source ↗
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My friendships.
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Tricking my dad into doing naked yoga.
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Nothing is the same as the sense of pride and achievement I feel when I see my kids growing up and enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
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Playing ping pong in LA.
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I didn’t listen to my instincts, essentially, and I presumed other people knew more than me, and actually, nobody knows more about you than you.
Realising adults don't know everything.
I was filming T4 at T in the Park one year, and one person kept shouting, "Popworld cunt" at me. That sucked.
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