Marie Kondo
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
In elementary school: I opened my lunchbox and it was empty. I was devastated.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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I was up for Bond and didn’t get it.
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Jenny Agutter
English actress
When I was 14 I went up for Juliet with Zeffirelli and I was hugely disappointed that I didn’t get that.
Dominic West
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My singing career.
Not being a scratch golfer.
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View profile →The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
John Boyega’s vital organs. If I couldn’t have them all, then just his heart.
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