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I would have come out earlier.
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Oliver Sacks
Neurologist and writer
The peace of the Sabbath, of a stopped world, a time outside time, was palpable, infused everything, and I found myself drenched with a wistfulness, something akin to nostalgia, wondering what if: What if A and B and C had been different? What sort of person might I have been? What sort of a life might I have lived?
Ronald Harwood
South African playwright and novelist
The death of my wife: I’d happily have gone first.
The loss of Conrad.
David Harewood
British actor and presenter
I would have had a bit more belief in myself: I would have reached for America sooner.
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As a kind man who told good stories.
The coming out letter I wrote in Tales Of The City – it seems to be the thing that’s going to last after I’m gone.
My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.
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