Tommy Hilfiger
American fashion designer
My first business, People's Place, went bankrupt in the mid-70s.
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Rolf Harris – he let us all down.
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Kate Mosse
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Not working in another country.
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I am rarely disappointed. I try to make the best of things.
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As a child, I thought, "Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries", and it turns out that's not true.
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A vet, but then I discovered you needed qualifications.
To my first real boyfriend, for being so mean to him. But really I was just being mean to myself.
Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
The motorcycle crash, but also when a neon sign fell on my head in Soho in the 90s.
In my first bedsit when I went to art college in Leeds. It was a hideous basement, but I loved the freedom.
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