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To anyone I’ve unintentionally hurt or upset.
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My late wife – she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn’t be in that room, because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids after.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2016 source ↗
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No one, I’m pretty good at saying sorry.
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To strangers. Living in New York, I see individuals every day who are invisible to so many. I want to say sorry that so many of us think their pain and suffering is not our own.
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The man who asked me directions on the subway seven years ago: I am so sorry for sending you to Queens rather than to the Bronx.
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Losing one of my children, as there is no greater loss.
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