John Mellencamp
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Ungratefulness.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
To place faith over facts.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2019 source ↗
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Shakin' Stevens
Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter
Bullying, whether face to face or online.
The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”
Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
I hate it when my little brothers don't close their mouths when they're eating.
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They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.
Showing off onstage, with everyone laughing and applauding.
A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
A world destroyed by science-denying mediocrity.
Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
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