I’d drink less alcohol in the 90s.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I wouldn’t change a thing. Every experience is a lesson learned.
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Steve Pemberton
British actor and comedian
Nothing – haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? I could find myself still collecting glasses in Charnock Richard while Donald Sutherland would be enjoying my life.
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I would have stopped making records after They Don’t Know.
I would try and get to being comfortable with myself quicker.
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I’ve loved all my jobs, even when I worked at Burger King.
Professionally, receiving my first Grammy from Whitney Houston.
I always wanted to be a singer.
As a human who feels and loves just like everyone else feels and loves.
Aretha Franklin. I mean, she’s Aretha! That says it all.
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