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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

53 answers answered between 2001 and 2025 one of 5 in The Proust Questionnaire

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Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
I deeply regret not having learned a musical instrument. And I regret not having focused more on Spanish when I was studying it in school. I would love to be able to speak Spanish fluently and play an instrument.
Recorded Barbara Walters, ABC News 20/20, broadcast 23 December 2011, 22 December 2011 source ↗
Stephen Fry Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 June 2015 source ↗
Mellody Hobson Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
silver bullet is probably incentives. I think that if corporate America really said, "you're not going to get your full bonus if you don't have a diverse team working for you," I think we'd see some changes, really, really fast.
Recorded Sharon Epperson, Inclusion in Action: CNBC Opportunity Forum, 18 March 2021 source ↗

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