Emeli Sandé
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I was a perfume girl at a department store in Aberdeen. I was so bad at it, I didn’t make it to the end of the day.
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I shucked oysters for a day without the proper knife or gloves. I had to go to hospital as I’d ripped my hands up. I can’t recommend it as a career option.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2019 source ↗
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Sheryl Crow
American singer-songwriter
I’ve been lucky. When I was a kid, I babysat and was a lifeguard, which I didn’t hate; and then I was a teacher, which I liked.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
British screenwriter, novelist and actor
I spent an advent in my late teens throttling turkeys.
Picking up RAF pilots’ parachute packs and gear they dropped off in a pile.
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View profile →There is an ease to it. It’s not all butterflies and sky rockets, it’s more like absolute comfort.
That I have strong, happy girls.
That in 2019 we’re still dealing with people hating people or people wanting to keep women down. That we haven’t evolved past that is a huge disappointment.
Gloria Steinem, because her whole life has been spent trying to help people.
I wanted to make women’s clothing. I also said that I wanted to be an artist; I don’t think I ever said I wanted to be an actress, but I remember thinking that would be fun.
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