Shirley Manson
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
My dog’s trust in me.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My books. There’s no greater feeling than a disabled child coming up to me and saying, “I’ve never seen myself in a book before.”
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2022 source ↗
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If you think that you have one, then you’re a bit of a prat, aren’t you?
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To have made a career in TV while being nervous by nature and incapable of doing a piece to camera.
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As someone who was happy, silly and went out there, unafraid, and did what she wanted to do.
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