Felicity Jones
British actress
Things, situations, people evolve constantly. Nothing is static.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When something is half price in a supermarket, always find out why.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Perspective. I used to zoom in and it would be all catastrophic, now I zoom out and get a bit of perspective.
To be here in this one moment.
Always sleep on any decision.
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Caring, patient, considerate, innumerate.
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When I was a kid I had a Saturday job in the stockroom of a supermarket. I remember everything in there being a little bit grubby and slightly sticky. We’d do things like play rugby with a swiss roll. I think of it every time I go shopping.
Probably a train ticket anywhere in the UK.
Audiobooks have allowed me to catch up on the books I always claimed to have read anyway. On long journeys I’ll often be listening to Kafka, Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn. It’s a fantastic way to pass time and often means I’ll turn up at the gig really depressed. So it’s a win-win.
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