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

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I would care less about what people think.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 April 2021 source ↗

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Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975
I wish I sent one more helicopter to get the hostages and we would have rescued then and I - I would have been re-elected, but that may have - and that may have interfered with the foundation of the Carter Center. And if I had to choose between four more years and the Carter Center, I think I would choose the Carter Center.
Recorded News conference at the Carter Center, Atlanta, as transcribed by CNN, 20 August 2015 source ↗
Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer
I practise stoicism. Not the stiff-upper-lip, modern stuff, but the ancient Greek philosophy. You have to accept what you can’t change. I try to face forwards all the time. When that doesn’t work, I think about buying a machine gun.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗
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.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2024 source ↗
Julia Ormond English actress
I wouldn’t have hurt as many people, and I would have thought more before speaking.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 March 2021 source ↗

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