Noah Harari
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I would like to come out at 16 or 17, and not 21.
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I would have had more time with my dad before he passed away.
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Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.
I would get therapy in my early 20s.
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All the hanging about.
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To my wife Saadiya, for interrupting too many evenings, weekends and family holidays with work.
As a mayor who made London better for all Londoners, and as a good husband and dad.
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