Julia Ormond
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To Sophie, for not being a better parent.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2017 source ↗
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy
British journalist
Every offended interviewee who thought I was asking hard questions for some personal reason. It’s never personal.
Burt Reynolds
American actor
Dozens of women – I think you’ll figure out why.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player
Frank Adamson, my first coach, for not spending more time with him in his later years. I feel bad about that.
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View profile →Before kids, when I was 13 or so, on the back of my horse, running at full speed in an open pasture. Post kids, happiness happens often, but in more subtle ways. I now prefer the word “content”.
As someone who didn’t waste a minute.
A midwife named Jennie Joseph. She is a tireless activist for women, family health and equal access to quality maternity care.
My father’s death before my marriage and motherhood.
The fact that at least 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related issues that are largely preventable.
I might speed up a few details, but wouldn’t change anything, other than my dad still being here.
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