If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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Recorded Ronald Harwood said elsewhere, not written here
The death of my wife: I’d happily have gone first.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 November 2016 source ↗

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Oliver Sacks Neurologist and writer
The peace of the Sabbath, of a stopped world, a time outside time, was palpable, infused everything, and I found myself drenched with a wistfulness, something akin to nostalgia, wondering what if: What if A and B and C had been different? What sort of person might I have been? What sort of a life might I have lived?
Recorded The New York Times, Sunday Review, 14 August 2015 source ↗
Heather Graham American actress
I spent too many years being hard on myself, like a drill sergeant in my head. I thought that if I was hard on myself, I’d get more results, but I now know that’s not true.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2016 source ↗

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