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When I was 17, I was offered a tennis scholarship at the University of Virginia. I wish I had been brave enough to take it.
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Nothing. Without my past I wouldn’t be who I am today.
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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.
Siri Hustvedt
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I would have articulated aloud the comments I too often suppressed out of deference to arrogant, condescending, sexist bores.
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I am a living self-help book – I’ve managed to train myself to never regret anything.
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Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
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Firm, fair, fun.
When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
On a flight, last February, from Atlanta to Rio. We went through a storm and I was convinced that the plane was going down. The overhead cabins were opening, everything was falling out, people were screaming and I was hanging on to my seat.
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