Andy Roddick
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I’d love to have won Wimbledon.
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I might speed up a few details, but wouldn’t change anything, other than my dad still being here.
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Edward Fox
British actor
The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.
I’d give my younger self the lessons I’ve learned over the years, sparing myself the need to figure everything out so publicly.
Greg James
British author, broadcaster, comedian, and presenter
If I had known what a stylist was when I joined Radio 1, I would have enlisted the help of one.
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Before kids, when I was 13 or so, on the back of my horse, running at full speed in an open pasture. Post kids, happiness happens often, but in more subtle ways. I now prefer the word “content”.
My father’s death before my marriage and motherhood.
The fact that at least 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related issues that are largely preventable.
To strangers. Living in New York, I see individuals every day who are invisible to so many. I want to say sorry that so many of us think their pain and suffering is not our own.
As someone who didn’t waste a minute.
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