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I wish I hadn’t been a heavy smoker for so many years.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Billy Ocean
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I would do a lot more investments.
Joanne Froggatt
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I’d change my mindset and not be so hard on myself, and impart the knowledge that other people’s intentions aren’t always as well-meaning as my own.
I’d drink less alcohol in the 90s.
Samuel West
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I’d have done everything earlier and with more style.
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A driving licence.
Not getting into MI5.
I went to a state school, so had to learn ancient Greek from scratch at Oxford.
Relief. (Not like that.)
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