Bella Freud
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I’ve said sorry to everybody I wanted to – I’m good at saying sorry quickly.
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To my dad for not making it back to Birmingham to see him while I was in London doing The Streets.
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Gabby Logan
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I feel I have made amends, so I don’t feel that anyone is owed an apology but, if they read this and they think they are, do drop me a line.
My kids. I think if you don’t want to say sorry to your kids you’ve been an appalling parent.
My grandma, who died a few years ago, because I wasn’t able to see her on my last visit to Georgia.
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We used to have one of those gat guns that shot pellets. My friend pretty much had the thing at point-blank range to my temple. It popped out and completed its trajectory about a millimetre from my head.
That I might have to do a normal job.
Realising that success wasn't going to keep me happy all my life.
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I'd like to write my funeral song.
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