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I’d be born a man and have a wife to run the house.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Steve Pemberton
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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.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
Helen George
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Going through a divorce.
Jodie Whittaker
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Getting my tongue pierced aged 15, when I had train-track braces on both my top and bottom teeth. Huge error.
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