The question

If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.

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Kim Gordon American musician and artist
I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗
Dermot O'Leary British-Irish television presenter
I had my heart broken a lot in my teens, but I'm not sure I'd change it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2014 source ↗
Steve Pemberton British actor and comedian
Nothing – haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? I could find myself still collecting glasses in Charnock Richard while Donald Sutherland would be enjoying my life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2019 source ↗

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