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Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
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To my dad for not making it back to Birmingham to see him while I was in London doing The Streets.
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My 13-year-old self, for all the resentment.
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I pulled a chair away from a girl who was just about to sit down on our second day of primary school. She farted when she hit the floor and everyone laughed.
Minnie Driver
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I know I should be more evolved, but the person I would like to say sorry to I’m not ready to say sorry to yet.
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