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I wouldn’t change anything. Life is what it is, you just have to get on with it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Getting my tongue pierced aged 15, when I had train-track braces on both my top and bottom teeth. Huge error.
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My all-girls’ high school. I hated it. Large groups of teenage girls aren’t known for their empathy and kindness. It was a shock to realise that people viewed me as uncool because of the way my body worked.
Nothing. Tony Benn, one of my favourite politicians, said, “I don’t care where you’ve been, I care where you’re going.”
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If mobile phones hadn’t been invented.
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