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I had my heart broken a lot in my teens, but I'm not sure I'd change it.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Shirley Ballas
English ballroom dancer
I would be much more available for my brother when he was not well and try to understand more about mental health, which I didn’t know anything about at the time.
Bill Bryson
American-British author
Nothing. It’s too risky. What if you eliminated a misjudged situation from your life and it turned out that one of your children wasn’t born, or you failed to meet your partner?
Edwina Currie
Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
I would be richer, I’d have beaten Mrs Thatcher’s ban on women in the cabinet, and I would be a dame.
David Harewood
British actor and presenter
I would have had a bit more belief in myself: I would have reached for America sooner.
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