I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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That the last general election didn’t take place later. We might have got rid of the Tories with a couple more weeks.
I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.
Politics, friends and lovers.
Not understanding the business side of my career enough. I could have probably been much wealthier than I am.
With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.
I looked straight across at the clock and I was disappointed with the time. I should have run under 49 and I didn't. And I knew I had a lot more in me.
I wanted to be an Olympic champion and I didn't care about the goings-on around me. In my heart and with all of my soul I was ready, willing and I was very able. I had a deadly sense of self-belief. I'd go to another level and say I had a deadly sense of self-conviction where you can say whatever you want, you can do whatever you want but you're not going to touch me.
I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that.
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