The Mona Lisa – I preferred the frame.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Realising that I wasn't a fairy changeling child and that David Bowie wasn't the fairy king.
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Beth Ditto
American singer
When Justin Bieber's management kicked us out of his rehearsal because they were afraid we'd laugh at him. I was actually super-excited.
Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter
I never set my sights that high, so I’m not disappointed with anything.
Abigail Breslin
American actress
When I haven't given my all, like when I'm working and I feel I could have done better.
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