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Several haircuts and my belly-button piercing.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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I wasted a year doing nothing at 18. I got with a guy and just wanted to hang out. It didn’t do me any favours.
kd lang
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When I was working hard, I was going so fast that I didn’t absorb a lot.
Sofie Gråbøl
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I'd have a good, encouraging start in school – I think I'd be a different person, with fewer anxiety attacks.
Andy Roddick
American tennis player
I’d love to have won Wimbledon.
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Many things. I remember wanting to be a vet, a ballet dancer and a hairdresser.
A teacher at my secondary school. We used to write and sing songs about him. Sorry, Sir! You were a great teacher.
Carrie and Aidan not ending up together.
My friendships.
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