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

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I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗

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I sometimes wish I had had the courage to be a politician – but I made the decision to be a human rights defender instead. I realised I cannot be both at the same time, because they may be incompatible.
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I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
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