Sharon Corr: What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Sharon Corr said elsewhere, not written here

Trust my instincts.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗

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Leona Lewis

Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗

Richard Feynman Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

It is necessary, I believe, to accept this idea, not only for science, but also for other things; it is of great value to acknowledge ignorance. It is a fact that when we make decisions in our life we don't necessarily know that we are making them correctly; we only think that we are doing the best we can – and that is what we should do.

Recorded Caltech YMCA Lunch Forum, Engineering and Science / Caltech Magazine, 2 May 1956 source ↗

Henry Marsh Neurosurgeon and writer

A close, loving family and work position in society which is meaningful, which is about making the world a better place rather than getting a bigger - having a bigger bank account.

Recorded Scott Simon, Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 21 January 2023 source ↗

Frank Cottrell-Boyce British screenwriter, novelist and actor