Edwina Currie
Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
Not becoming chancellor.
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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That my baseball team, Baltimore Orioles, is always in the basement.
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My buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
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