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

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Recorded Sheena Easton said elsewhere, not written here
I read too much science fiction to mess with anything. I’d be terrified that, by changing something, my kids wouldn’t be mine.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2017 source ↗

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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 ↗
Rose McGowan American actress and activist
I wouldn’t have taken that meeting [with Weinstein in 1997].
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 December 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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