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To be born independently wealthy.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Adrian Scarborough
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The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
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I would put the brain that I have now into my 20-year-old body.
Steph McGovern
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On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.
Ann Dowd
American actress
I would try to be a little nicer to my teachers.
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