Riz Ahmed
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Some of my teachers. I was a bit of a handful as a kid. They were just trying to do their job and I made it very difficult.
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A little girl called Pat. We were nine-year-olds together and all the class made her life a misery. I knew she wanted to be my friend and I would only be friends with her if nobody else was around. I feel dreadful about that.
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Martin Sheen
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My son Ramón was the victim of my wrath at a particular time that still withers me with disgrace.
So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
Katy Perry. I hired a Russell Brand lookalike as a joke for the radio, and she thought it was actually him. When she realised it wasn’t, she burst into tears. She was still married to him, but I didn’t take into account that there were things going on that we didn’t know.
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Catastrophising.
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