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I wouldn’t have hurt as many people, and I would have thought more before speaking.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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View all 203 →I would build relationships. I would remember people’s significant moments. I would not fear closeness.
Michelle Dockery
British actress
Several haircuts and my belly-button piercing.
Adrian Edmondson
English actor, comedian, musician and writer
I practise stoicism. Not the stiff-upper-lip, modern stuff, but the ancient Greek philosophy. You have to accept what you can’t change. I try to face forwards all the time. When that doesn’t work, I think about buying a machine gun.
Alison Steadman
British actress
I would never have smoked - I gave up years ago.
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View profile →To Sophie, for not being a better parent.
As having been loving and fun.
A trip to a Macedonian refugee camp that I switched out of, to go at a later date. Those who took my place were killed in a horrific car accident.
A mum, an airline stewardess or an artist.
A blurred, warm state of total acceptance and joy.
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