My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗
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My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗
I sometimes wish I had had the courage to be a politician – but I made the decision to be a human rights defender instead. I realised I cannot be both at the same time, because they may be incompatible.
But the market was changing. The industry was changing. The scale was changing. And in the end we knew we would be either the last company to make it or the first to not make it. We were right on the edge. We thought we would be the last one that made it, but we were wrong. We were the first one that didn't. We put an end to the companies that tried to do that. We certainly made our fair share of mistakes, but in the end I think we should have taken a bit longer to realize the world was changing and just gone on to be a software company right off the bat.
I would tell myself to stop being such a worrier.
I would have come out earlier.
Any unread book a friend bought me.
I try too hard not to get things wrong.
Not marrying the person I wanted to marry, but now I think it’s probably good that I didn’t.
Another actress once said to me, “I’ve told you huge lies to make you feel good about yourself.” I’m not going to say who.
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
Our friends are sad and miss us for a bit but, hopefully, they find other people at the party.
Kim Wilde, Adwoa Aboah, Gareth Bale, Nigel Havers, Rosa Parks, Steve Pemberton
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