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Helen Edmundson, because I wasn’t able to be a better friend at school.
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Marc Almond
English singer
To my first real boyfriend, for being so mean to him. But really I was just being mean to myself.
Liam Gallagher
English singer-songwriter
Any sorrys I’ve needed to say have been said already.
To my first husband for being unfaithful, bossy, and eventually leaving him.
Craig Charles
English actor
To my parents for all the mess-ups. There have been times when I’ve been going through something and I’ve thought, God, I’m so glad my mum and dad are dead, because they don’t have to go through it with me.
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Being friends with all of the people I grew up with.
Just an instinct, but I think reading more Mark Twain.
It used to be myself, but I am over that now.
Either shredding duck in a Chinese restaurant, or Oblivion.
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