Arianna Huffington
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I was crushed when my second book was rejected by 37 publishers.
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Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.
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I got injured when I was a kid and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. Now I am quite happy being an actor but, at the time, that was the biggest thing to overcome.
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Louis Walsh
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America – there are too many Americans.
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When my children arrived.
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