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I wouldn’t have hurt as many people, and I would have thought more before speaking.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I wouldn’t because everything is connected with everything else.
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I wouldn’t have tried to break up a fight when I was 17.
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When I was working hard, I was going so fast that I didn’t absorb a lot.
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