Shaznay Lewis
English singer
That things change.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What keeps you awake at night?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A 'no' is free.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
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Sofia Coppola
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To follow your path and not worry about what to do too much; one thing leads to the next, and you wind up where you’re meant to be.
Charlie Munger
Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023
Every mischance in life was an opportunity to learn something and your duty was not to be submerged in self-pity, but to utilize the terrible blow in a constructive fashion.
That I am not wise.
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Don't Play Me Cheap, sung by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.
Johnny Mathis - he is so perfect.
Nothing, I can sleep everywhere but an aeroplane.
Losing my mind and not knowing it.
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