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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗
So achievement, to me, is something that just comes with this attitude of doing your work the best you can in a passionate way. It’s not something that you have to expect. It’s something that’s a consequence of what you do, but it’s certainly important.
Don’t overcook pasta.
I remember the moment when my overwhelming uneasiness yielded. Seven words from Samuel Beckett, a writer I’ve not even read that well, learned long ago as an undergraduate, began to repeat in my head, and the seemingly impassable sea of uncertainty parted: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” I took a step forward, repeating the phrase over and over: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” And then, at some point, I was through.
If you commit to it, you won’t ever stop learning.
Not fulfilling my potential.
When I initially made money with the Corrs, I bought a Jaguar XK8.
I can’t disclose that because it’s not suitable for public airing, but it was truly awful; they’ve since said worse.
A warm sunny day. You get this bubble around you and, all of a sudden, problems are halved.
Procrastination.
I worked in my aunt’s bar in Dundalk for about eight years and I remember cleaning the whole bar, including the bathrooms, after a particularly rough St Patrick’s Day.
Bear Grylls, Adam Lambert, Oliver Sacks, Billy Crudup, Natalie Imbruglia, Pauline McLynn
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