All the times I was mean to someone.
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I'd have a good, encouraging start in school – I think I'd be a different person, with fewer anxiety attacks.
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I wouldn’t have hurt as many people, and I would have thought more before speaking.
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View profile →Most recently, going to a 1D concert at Wembley with my nine-year-old daughter. Seeing her dream becoming real. The highlight was meeting a nice man in the elevator when it was over, who gave her Harry's autograph. Turned out to be his dad. To my daughter that was like meeting the archangel Gabriel.
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Coming back to work after being ill. A year ago I couldn't see that happening. I am still pinching myself.
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A song by Ellie Goulding – I am not telling you which one.
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