Patricia Hodge
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I wish I could say sorry to my husband, because I couldn’t save him from his dementia.
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To all my teachers – I’m sorry I thought class was a paying audience.
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Dominic Cooper
English actor
To Ms Dooley, for failing my maths GCSE several times over.
My parents, because I rather slipped from their standards on more than one occasion. And when they got older, I wish I’d been kinder and more tolerant with them.
Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
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