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A boy called Norman. When I came to England, I didn’t know what kiss-chase was, and Norman kissed me on the lips, so I gave him a black eye.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2017 source ↗
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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
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Cat Deeley
English television presenter
To anyone I have lost touch with. It happened purely by accident as life took over.
Dominic Cooper
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To Ms Dooley, for failing my maths GCSE several times over.
Back in the day, when comedy was crueller, my monologues were full of terrible jokes about people, and you can’t apologise because then you’re asking people to forgive you. Your punishment is to walk around knowing you said these horrible things.
Christy Turlington Burns
American model
To strangers. Living in New York, I see individuals every day who are invisible to so many. I want to say sorry that so many of us think their pain and suffering is not our own.
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