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• Thank you. We all have our lifetime to achieve. Inspirational!

  

  Maeveosullivan , Actor , 23/05/13 , 870 AP

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• Great piece, although Quvenzhané is 9 (still an amazing little lady nonetheless)
  

  

  Kirby , Writer , 18/03/13 , 325 AP

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• great article!

  

  CL440 , Video/film production , 18/03/13 , 249 AP

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• Ah, what an uplifting read. It's so easy to get so scared of failure that you end up making the "oh, I've left it too late now anyway" excuse and giving up.

  

  Laura Jane Vickers , Writer , 17/03/13 , 671 AP

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• A refreshing article. As a musician especially, there is a terrible stigma that if you didn't start your instrument before the age of 8, you've got no chance.

  

  Michael Cobb , Musician/music production , 17/03/13 , 157 AP

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• Great to see a piece on 'late' achievers. What strikes me about all of those featured is their pesistence and risk-taking - even when they thought they wouldn't make it in their preferred medium. There's so much talk about having a 'career' that we lose sight of the fact that we are likely to have several of them throughout our life - and some of them may not connect. Having never had a 'plan' as far as a career is concerned I've found myself running several successful businesses from publishing to software to dirty weekends for the filty rich (well, caving, canoeing, etc), managing galleries amongst others. Being an actor and writer is what I wanted to do age 5 - and this is what I currently do several decades later. Keep hold of that inner child's dreams and they can come true.

  

  Wordsauce , Actor , 15/03/13 , 62 AP

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• Fantastic!

  

  RachaelReshma , Actor , 14/03/13 , 2,211 AP

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• What a brilliant article! :)

  

  Fortuna Burke , Playwright , 12/03/13 , 1,722 AP

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• Hi Taya,
  
  As a charitable trust it’s in our remit to help young creatives between the ages of 16 and 30. We have age limits on our briefs to ensure that we do this. We also offer lots of briefs with no age limit, as well as free professional development events and editorial that’s open to all.
  
  You can find out more about who we support and why here http://www.ideastap.com/ideasmag/all-articles/Who-we-support-and-why
  
  Thanks

  

  The IdeasTap Team , Editor , 12/03/13 , 12,193 AP

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• Thank you for writing this article, it has certainly alleviated my frustrating day weeping into a coffee trying to write a stand-up skit on the facets of Monopoly. Really interesting.

  

  SophieLouiseHall , Writer , 12/03/13 , 607 AP

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