To myself. I am my harshest critic.
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Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan human rights advocate
To my daughter, because she felt that I spent too much time saving other children. I would go to war zones and travel the world for human rights work, and she was missing me.
Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
To my 17-year-old daughter Isabella, whom I described in an interview last year as "keen on maths".
To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.
Kate Nash
British musician
Everyone I ever met in 2007, because I was definitely about two hours late.
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My difficulty to forgive.
His holiness the Dalai Lama and his ability to forgive.
Last year when I had a pulmonary embolism – it was a very scary time.
To be eaten by a shark.
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