Now that I’m at this end of my career, I’m gobsmacked that I’ve managed to cling on for as long as I have.
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Doing the spacewalk to fix a solar panel at the furthest edge of the ISS. You have no idea if you are going to get a chance to do a spacewalk when you go into space. I was fortunate. There’s a real juxtaposition between floating, completely serene and calm, looking down at Earth and the universe, and being aware that you are in this hostile environment.
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Wayne Rooney
English former footballer and manager; record goalscorer for Manchester United and England
This is right up there if not the best – to be your country’s all-time leading goal scorer before the age of 30 is something could never have dreamed of – I’m extremely proud tonight.
Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.
Kate Nash
British musician
Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.
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Shyness. It really held me back when I was younger, and I wish it hadn’t. I do a better job of not being so shy these days.
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