Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan human rights advocate
I was brought up Catholic, to believe that marriage is for life. And we failed.
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How close have you come to death?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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What would you like to leave your children?
Death & what remains
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I really wanted a role in Harry Potter and I never got one.
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That my children never met my parents. They were both dead by the time I became a mamma.
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Impulsive, enthusiastic, determined.
I would find a much better way of looking after my mum in her last three years of dementia. I did my best, but it was incredibly difficult to find the right kind of care unless you’ve got £3,000 a week to spend.
A deep sense that they will be fine in the world without me.
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