Evolve or perish.
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Originally asked
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.
To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
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