But I should have more confidence, it's ridiculous.
Emine Saner, Question time, The Guardian, 23 September 2009 source ↗
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
I'm trying to be more organized.
Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
I would love to have a good memory. I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.
To be taller. I’ve been looking up at certain people all my life. If I was taller, I could look down and see them a lot better.
Megan Rapinoe
United States international footballer, 2006–2023
I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?
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My old French teacher Madame Hawksworth stopped me in Ikley car park and said, 'We never thought you'd amount to much.'
Losing the people I love.
Specialisation leads to extinction. We are learning more and more but about less and less, and one day we will know everything about nothing. There is nothing wrong with being a populist. It does not have to mean dumbing down, as people think.
I wish I could ban noise. Mobile phones. Aircraft. We should take our time. Why is everyone rushing?
I try to be a Sherlock Holmes of botany. It's not enough to enjoy plants – I want to know why they are wilting, to work things out.
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