I would care less about what people think.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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A cabaret act with Agnetha, Frida and Benny. It was in a nightclub in Gothenburg and one night we had seven in the audience. It was before we found out that we were a pop group.
It’s a calm and secure feeling of deep loyalty.
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Bill Gates. Not only did he build Microsoft, he went on with his wife to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They support the, in my view, single most important factor in making the world a better place – empowerment of women and girls.
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