Craig Charles
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Selfishness and cruelty.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗
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Elmore Leonard
Novelist and screenwriter
Guys who use the word “snot.”
Complaining about the weather, because there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
Making people smaller than they are because of something they can’t handle in themselves.
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Being at one with yourself.
Like a dryer going off in your stomach.
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