Know the things you are responsible for and the things you aren’t.
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What most recently made you cry?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
You only get out what you put in. Karma – it all comes round.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2023 source ↗
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John Simm
English musician and actor
Live in the moment. Enjoy life because time cruelly speeds up as you get older and becomes scarily finite.
Tom Allen
British comedian
Never save anything for best.
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When I was recording a track called May, about my mum.
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It would be nice just to be remembered.
More green tea – I’m addicted.
I never dwell on them.
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