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

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Recorded Christy Turlington Burns said elsewhere, not written here
I might speed up a few details, but wouldn’t change anything, other than my dad still being here.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2017 source ↗

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Marie Kondo Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
I don’t have anything that I want to change. I’m sure I did in the past but I can’t recall, which means it wasn’t that big a deal.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2022 source ↗

Tim Rice English lyricist and author
I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗

Dermot O'Leary British-Irish television presenter
I had my heart broken a lot in my teens, but I'm not sure I'd change it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2014 source ↗

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