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

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Edward Fox said elsewhere, not written here
The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 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 ↗
Steph McGovern Broadcaster
On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗
Siri Hustvedt American novelist, essayist, poet
I would have articulated aloud the comments I too often suppressed out of deference to arrogant, condescending, sexist bores.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2017 source ↗

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