Eve Ensler
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I would have honoured my body, I would have lived inside it, cherished it and protected it.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am who I am because of that messed-up childhood.
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Edwina Currie
Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
I would be richer, I’d have beaten Mrs Thatcher’s ban on women in the cabinet, and I would be a dame.
Robert Glenister
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That I wasn’t quite as arrogant when I got successful.
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I am a pretty good dog mum.
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Guilt for not being productive enough – ridiculous.
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