Simone Biles
United States artistic gymnast
Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.
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I’ve enjoyed every single job, including working at my dad’s chicken shop selling potato gems (fried potato circles) to the surfer dudes.
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Joseph Fiennes
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Several: cutting the local vicar's lawn, shovelling shit from a stable, waiting tables, picking up and washing actors' smelly pants and socks.
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Cleaning the changing rooms at Kensington leisure centre from the age of 16.
Cockroach stamper at a dried-flower factory.
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My younger self for being hard on myself.
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