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

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Recorded Alison Moyet said elsewhere, not written here
I’d have made more of my education.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗

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Rosanna Arquette American actress
I would have skipped the time my daughter was nine to 13, when I was in a toxic relationship.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗

Mark Gatiss British actor and writer
I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
In particular, my decision to sell McDonald's was a very big mistake. Overall, you would have been better off last year if I had regularly snuck off to the movies during market hours.

Recorded His letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in the 1998 annual report, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., February 1999 source ↗

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When I was doing my gold swimming badge. I had to get undressed in a swimming pool and had forgotten my gym kit, so the teacher gave me a kit two sizes too small. In the water, I got my arms up over my head to get the shirt off and they locked. I sank to the bottom of the pool and sat there until a girl jumped in and dragged me back up again.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗

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