I would never have smoked - I gave up years ago.
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Mo Gilligan
British comedian
I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
Helen George
English actress
Going through a divorce.
Tim Minchin
Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian
I’d take back some dumb shit I said when I had no audience and found that being shocking made people laugh.
Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
I sent off the letter. I probably made a technical mistake by giving it to a journalist before hearing from the Prime Minister because this journalist was working for a Sunday newspaper and gave it enormous press, and I think quite rightly the Prime Minister was annoyed that I had not given him the opportunity but never mind.
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