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A few of my exes.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Katharine Hamnett
English fashion designer
Boarding school. It was horrible.
Yusuf Islam
British musician
The respelling of my name to Joseph.
Lionel Shriver
American author
I would have taken more drugs.
Emeli Sandé
British singer
I would instil confidence in my younger self.
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Narcissism. And people coughing on me in public.
A horse-riding accident when I was about 15.
I’m terrified of time. The people I love are getting older and time seems to be going faster and faster. It’s scary. I’d like it to slow down, please.
Endless acting jobs.
Relief and an achy feeling in your cheeks from smiling.
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