Guy Pearce
Australian actor
I felt like I messed up my marriage. I don’t feel that way any more, but at the time I was devastated.
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That I have lost both my parents.
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Ed Balls
British broadcaster and politician
That my competitive pole vault career ended at the age of 15.
Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Not doing more movies.
Louis Smith
English artistic gymnast
Not taking more time out from work for holidays.
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Rudeness, arrogance and inability to compromise.
But I should have more confidence, it's ridiculous.
I aspire to Jane Austen's precision and observation, but I'm nowhere near.
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