Engelbert Humperdinck
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Not understanding the business side of my career enough. I could have probably been much wealthier than I am.
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Beijing 2008 – not making the Olympic final.
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Samira Ahmed
British journalist and writer
When I was a 26-year-old news correspondent, the head of BBC news gathering, Chris Cramer, refused to let me take up a six-month attachment on the foreign affairs programme Correspondent. He said: “I think it’s too soon; you could do it later.” He’d never have said that to a man.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
Peter Capaldi
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I am always disappointed when I see myself on the screen.
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A mechanic when I was a little kid, and then, when I came to the UK, I wanted to play professional football.
Being dad to my kids and having a family.
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