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

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Recorded Jason Isaacs said elsewhere, not written here
I wouldn’t have spent so much time trying to be a professional skateboarder or snooker player.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2020 source ↗

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Bryn Terfel Welsh bass-baritone singer
That moment in Bilbao in 2020, when I tried to cross the street and did a pirouette and suffered a dreadful break in my right leg, which means now I have 10 screws and a band in it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2024 source ↗
Bill Bryson American-British author
Nothing. It’s too risky. What if you eliminated a misjudged situation from your life and it turned out that one of your children wasn’t born, or you failed to meet your partner?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗
Vicky McClure English actress
I wasted a year doing nothing at 18. I got with a guy and just wanted to hang out. It didn’t do me any favours.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 March 2018 source ↗
Samuel West British actor, theatre director, and narrator
I’d have done everything earlier and with more style.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2020 source ↗

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