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I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗
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Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
In particular, my decision to sell McDonald's was a very big mistake. Overall, you would have been better off last year if I had regularly snuck off to the movies during market hours.
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Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
I'd have concentrated a bit more at school and maybe gone to university rather than drama school.
Eve Ensler
American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist
I would have honoured my body, I would have lived inside it, cherished it and protected it.
Melanie Blatt
English singer
I would put the brain that I have now into my 20-year-old body.
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