The notion that anything is possible.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Exactly what my parents left me: the knowledge of the difference between good and bad and right and wrong. Everything else is entirely up to them.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗
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View all 44 →A sense of the world being full of possibility and it being in their hands to make it a better one.
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
Good memories. When I’m gone, I want them to feel that they were always my No 1 priority.
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View profile →Those mad thoughts. Did you turn off the air fryer? Have I booked my plane for tomorrow?
A 28ft motorboat, which sat in the water for two years because I was so busy working.
I stopped drinking 18 or 19 years ago, and in an argument someone who will remain nameless said: “Oh just go and have a drink.” It was nasty.
Carol Vorderman, because she’s stuck her head above the parapet to try to hold our bizarre politicians to account.
Apathy, either from an audience, the people around me or myself.
Content, assured, indecisive.
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