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

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My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

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Tim Rice English lyricist and author
I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗
Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
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.
Recorded Daniel Morrow, Smithsonian Institution Oral and Video Histories, for the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, 20 April 1995 source ↗
Emma Bunton British singer
I would edit my worry, because I suffer from anxiety, which ruins some moments.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

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