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

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Recorded Laura Kenny said elsewhere, not written here
I would have spent every single day with my sister before she left to live in New Zealand. At my wedding, it was the first time I had seen her in two and a half years.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗

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Oliver Sacks Neurologist and writer
The peace of the Sabbath, of a stopped world, a time outside time, was palpable, infused everything, and I found myself drenched with a wistfulness, something akin to nostalgia, wondering what if: What if A and B and C had been different? What sort of person might I have been? What sort of a life might I have lived?
Recorded The New York Times, Sunday Review, 14 August 2015 source ↗
Jason Isaacs English actor
I wouldn’t have spent so much time trying to be a professional skateboarder or snooker player.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2020 source ↗
I would not leave my teenage children to follow an unworthy love. It lasted a month and scarred the family for ever.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

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