Tina Brown
British and American journalist
The closure of Talk magazine.
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?
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Which writers or artists most influenced your work?
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That I have lost both my parents.
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Merging my company with BHS – it was a great mistake.
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I wish I could ban noise. Mobile phones. Aircraft. We should take our time. Why is everyone rushing?
But I should have more confidence, it's ridiculous.
I wish school career advisers were more aware of horticulture. They imagine it's just going out into public parks and pulling weeds up, not a career. But there is garden design, horticultural research, conservation – a whole gamut of angles which are overlooked.
I aspire to Jane Austen's precision and observation, but I'm nowhere near.
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