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

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Recorded Harry Redknapp said elsewhere, not written here
I was probably too cheeky to chairmen over the years.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2019 source ↗

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Mo Gilligan British comedian
I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Rachel Whiteread English artist
I would have thought more about exercise and a healthy lifestyle in my 20s, 30s and 40s.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗
Nicholson Baker Contemporary American novelist and writer
I made too much money in my 30s, and it distorted my writing and made me less hungry. Then, in my 40s, I spent all the money on daily life – and now I don’t have it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2020 source ↗

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