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I’d have made more of my education.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Gareth Bale
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Nothing. Without my past I wouldn’t be who I am today.
Nicholson Baker
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I made too much money in my 30s, and it distorted my writing and made me less hungry. Then, in my 40s, I spent all the money on daily life – and now I don’t have it.
Joan Jett
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
A few haircuts.
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For a while I wanted to be a policewoman, but I didn’t have five O-levels.
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