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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Bryn Terfel Welsh bass-baritone singer
That moment in Bilbao in 2020, when I tried to cross the street and did a pirouette and suffered a dreadful break in my right leg, which means now I have 10 screws and a band in it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2024 source ↗
I would build relationships. I would remember people’s significant moments. I would not fear closeness.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 October 2023 source ↗
Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
I sent off the letter. I probably made a technical mistake by giving it to a journalist before hearing from the Prime Minister because this journalist was working for a Sunday newspaper and gave it enormous press, and I think quite rightly the Prime Minister was annoyed that I had not given him the opportunity but never mind.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

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