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Nothing: the good times, the bad times, they make your character.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Jennifer Hudson
American singer and actress
I wouldn’t change a thing. Every experience is a lesson learned.
Tracy-Ann Oberman
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I am a living self-help book – I’ve managed to train myself to never regret anything.
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.
Isla Fisher
Australian actress
I would have tried that anti-stretch mark cream during pregnancy.
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My cello. At the time, in 1983, it was £192,500.
Seeing Leyton Orient in the premiership.
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Frightening, exhilarating and all-consuming.
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