Eve Ensler
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I would have honoured my body, I would have lived inside it, cherished it and protected it.
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I’d stop my teenage self worrying about how my life was going to pan out.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗
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Rachel Whiteread
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I would have thought more about exercise and a healthy lifestyle in my 20s, 30s and 40s.
Marie Kondo
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
I don’t have anything that I want to change. I’m sure I did in the past but I can’t recall, which means it wasn’t that big a deal.
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.
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