I wouldn't have gotten here if…' In this series, Le Monde interviews a public figure about a decisive moment in their life.

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But then, almost always, the cone narrows further and winds up pointing in a slightly different direction, leaving Earth safely outside it, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief.