What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Tom Ellis said elsewhere, not written here
Every job I don’t get.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 September 2021 source ↗

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Eve Ensler American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist
That most men have not yet come to understand the impact and the devastating consequences of violence against women.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗
Jacqueline Wilson English novelist
When I was in my 30s and taped myself singing. I always thought I had quite a sweet voice – my voice is terrible, I can’t hold a note.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2022 source ↗
Jesse Jackson American minister, activist and politician
Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2012 source ↗

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