I'd have concentrated a bit more at school and maybe gone to university rather than drama school.
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View all 203 →But the market was changing. The industry was changing. The scale was changing. And in the end we knew we would be either the last company to make it or the first to not make it. We were right on the edge. We thought we would be the last one that made it, but we were wrong. We were the first one that didn't. We put an end to the companies that tried to do that. We certainly made our fair share of mistakes, but in the end I think we should have taken a bit longer to realize the world was changing and just gone on to be a software company right off the bat.
The public mistakes I’ve made. Most recently, I tried to light an e-cigarette on an aeroplane and was told to put it out. I completely forgot I was on a plane. I’d had, like, three drinks, but it only takes three. I stopped as soon as I got off and I got straight back into my programme, because that’s what I do.
I read too much science fiction to mess with anything. I’d be terrified that, by changing something, my kids wouldn’t be mine.
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View profile →Maybe the night we drove a Hummer in Kabul and went to a cafe that Osama bin Laden supposedly used to frequent.
As somebody who brought joy to people.
In the hospital after my C-section, hanging out with my new baby, feeling very, very happy and grateful.
Having my family in closer proximity, but that’s what comes with living in another country.
A veterinarian, but I decided against it because it required too many years of schooling; I wasn’t great at school.
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