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I was a door-to-door carpet-cleaning salesman. I thought my life was going to end, so I binned that after a day.
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Katharine Hamnett
English fashion designer
Hop-picking in Kent when I was 13. The smell was dreadful, and put me off beer for life.
When I was a kid I had a Saturday job in the stockroom of a supermarket. I remember everything in there being a little bit grubby and slightly sticky. We’d do things like play rugby with a swiss roll. I think of it every time I go shopping.
Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist
Six weeks in my dad’s office doing admin was enough to persuade me to pursue a career in sport.
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As a wonderful husband and a great father, and somebody who inspired others to pursue their own dreams, like Fred Astaire inspired me.
Convincing my wife to marry me and have children with me.
When the babies were born, in March 2017.
Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
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