Tom Allen
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Not understanding myself until I was in my 30s.
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Seeing the future die, from Bobby Kennedy to dear friends.
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Merging my company with BHS – it was a great mistake.
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Feeling you want someone else’s welfare as much and sometimes more than your own.
I haven’t done it yet.
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Dying just a millisecond before I was about to say something I really wanted the people I love to hear.
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