A sense of optimism.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A sense of wonder.
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A great education.
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Instead of saying, “I tripped up”, you have to use the words, “I had a fall.”
Chaotic, daft and loving.
Like a warm velvet glove.
I did an interview years ago and, after it finished, I made some passing comment about sex getting better as you get older – and they used that as the headline. The day the paper came out, I was in a restaurant with the family when a woman on the table next to me leaned over and said, in a sultry voice, “I read your article this morning.”
That we’re all going to hell in a handcart and Trump is driving.
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