A nice long rest.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I don’t think we’re meant to know.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗
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Albert Hammond Jr.
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No. I mean, it depends on how you look at it. In the sense that we all have a piece of cosmic dust in us from the beginning – The Big Bang – then yes. But no, I don’t believe in heaven or hell.
We don’t die. We change realms. Life is eternal. Living is not. Live while you are alive.
Other people get sad.
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Bar and buffet at Top Ten Bingo in Greenford. A lot of the old people were quite bigoted.
Stress is bad for your health.
Farting in front of Colin Firth.
In the sea, somewhere hot. Looking back at people I love on the beach.
Comparing myself to other people.
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