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Never getting back to a size 12.
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Adrian Dunbar
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Not having come from a class that understands how the world works.
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I’ve learned to accept everything. Part of enjoying life is releasing those disappointments.
Benjamin Zephaniah
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Not having children.
Samira Ahmed
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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.
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Having someone to love.
Swimming down the Thames on a full moon night 10 years ago. It was dangerous, but extremely joyful.
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