What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

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

Recorded Maggie O'Farrell said elsewhere, not written here
To keep going and never give up, and to enjoy it to the absolute full because, at any moment, the curtain can fall.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2023 source ↗

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Matthew Modine American actor
That we are all no more and no less than a single thread in a gigantic web of life. What we do and how we behave has repercussions for the entire web.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2023 source ↗
Shinya Yamanaka Stem cell biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2012
So I think failure is important in my career.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interviewer, Academy of Achievement interview, 2008 source ↗

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