Paapa Essiedu
British actor
To find as many moments to laugh as possible.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
You have to ride the wave and never wait for it to be calm, because it never will be.
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Choose your friends wisely.
Kevin Rowland
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Shakespeare said, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” – I think that’s true.
Block out the noise and trust your gut.
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If emergency train announcements were written up on the information screen. The times I ended up at the wrong destination could easily have been avoided.
That my work has given deaf children more confidence in themselves and a sense of ownership of who they are.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
Rapping the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme on national television.
Avoidance coping.
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