If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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I couldn’t do it. I realised recently that all the things that have gone wrong are just as important as all the things that went right.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2016 source ↗

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Carlos Acosta Cuban ballet dancer
The time I told my father I hated him, causing him a lot of pain. He passed away six years ago, and my mother eight years ago.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗
Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist
My mother and my brother would still be alive. So much of my life has been coping with the grief of losing them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
Samuel West British actor, theatre director, and narrator
I’d have done everything earlier and with more style.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2020 source ↗

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