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I wouldn’t take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends that I’d edit out of my life.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Nicholson Baker
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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.
Ronald Harwood
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The death of my wife: I’d happily have gone first.
Christy Turlington Burns
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I might speed up a few details, but wouldn’t change anything, other than my dad still being here.
Joss Stone
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It’s all a learning experience, even if it’s a shit time.
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Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.
A travel agent, so I could see the world.
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To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
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