Kim Gordon
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I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
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To have grown up with my siblings. They were at least 10 years older than me.
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Anita Rani
British broadcaster and journalist
I am who I am because of that messed-up childhood.
I wouldn’t because everything is connected with everything else.
I would have been OK with feeling shy. In my teenage years, I thought being an actor meant that you had to be a little more performative.
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Exhilarating. I’ve been extremely lucky in that the person I love, Annalena, happens to be my wife.
In my mid- to late-20s, in London, beginning to publish, living hand to mouth, having fun. Also now, when love and life and work have finally cohered.
Angela Merkel. Under attack from all sides, she tries to keep alive the dreams of a tolerant, inclusive, open society.
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