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I would have tried that anti-stretch mark cream during pregnancy.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Julie Hesmondhalgh
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Every time I got drunk and out of order. Especially in my teens and 20s.
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All the hanging about.
Adam Kay
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I could have done without being sexually assaulted, or having an eating disorder, or pushing myself to breaking point, but every chapter of my life brought me here.
Aidan Gillen
Irish actor
The floral waistcoat and shocking-pink shirt combo I wore on my 21st.
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