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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 ↗
Aung San Suu Kyi Leader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016–2021
Even if we do not achieve perfect peace on earth, because perfect peace is not of this earth, common endeavours to gain peace will unite individuals and nations in trust and friendship and help to make our human community safer and kinder.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 16 June 2012 source ↗
Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
I'm trying to be more organized.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗
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.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 September 2020 source ↗
How my PTSD manifests—it feels like being the only ballerina in the company saddled with a 100-pound backpack and told to go out onstage and still be graceful.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 August 2021 source ↗

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