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

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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I would be a bit nicer to myself.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗

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Björn Ulvaeus Swedish musician
My surname. You have no idea how many versions I’ve read and heard. It was especially irritating during my Abba years. You can imagine someone calling our hotel and saying: “I’d like to speak to one of the guys in Abba.” Who do you think the receptionist called, Andersson or Ulvaeus?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Shirley Ballas English ballroom dancer
I would be much more available for my brother when he was not well and try to understand more about mental health, which I didn’t know anything about at the time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗
Jason Isaacs English actor
I wouldn’t have spent so much time trying to be a professional skateboarder or snooker player.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2020 source ↗
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 ↗

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