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Probably my wife, because sometimes I do crazy things.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2019 source ↗
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Julie Andrews
English actress, singer and author
I think I over-apologise as it is.
Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
My soon-to-be ex-wife, Amanda. I wish I’d been able to do whatever would have been necessary all the way back to keep us as a unit. Probably the worst thing I did was not tell her how miserable I was, certain that I could turn this around somehow.
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate how proud she was of me being deputy prime minister. She ended up doing more press than me, and I was too sensitive and reacted.
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