If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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Nothing. Everything happens for a reason.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2019 source ↗

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James Bay English singer-songwriter and guitarist
I couldn’t do it. I realised recently that all the things that have gone wrong are just as important as all the things that went right.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2016 source ↗
I wouldn’t change anything. When I was 29, my first husband died, so I learned a new way of thinking about life, which is: there are many things that you can’t control.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗
Ice-T American rapper and actor
To be born independently wealthy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗

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