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I wouldn’t take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends that I’d edit out of my life.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Gregg Wallace
English broadcaster and writer
I wouldn’t marry anybody until I met Anna.
Steve Pemberton
British actor and comedian
Nothing – haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? I could find myself still collecting glasses in Charnock Richard while Donald Sutherland would be enjoying my life.
I would try and get to being comfortable with myself quicker.
Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
In particular, my decision to sell McDonald's was a very big mistake. Overall, you would have been better off last year if I had regularly snuck off to the movies during market hours.
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His letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in the 1998 annual report, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., February 1999
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More from Belinda Carlisle
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On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.
Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.
As a singer who did everything her way, no compromise.
“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
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