You can only do one thing at a time.
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
You only get out what you put in. Karma – it all comes round.
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Simon Boas
Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
All our tombs will be unvisited in a few years - all our actions will mostly be unremembered - but the smile you gave the checkout lady or the kind words you gave to a stranger in the street could still be rippling forward. We all have that opportunity and it's a huge power.
Stress is bad for your health.
Maya Jama
British television and radio presenter
You’ve got to keep trying because you don’t know what amazing things are round the corner. Also, always be grateful – at one point you wished to be where you are today.
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