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I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2012 source ↗
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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?Originally asked
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View all 53 →I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.
To be taller. I’ve been looking up at certain people all my life. If I was taller, I could look down and see them a lot better.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Leader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016–2021
Even if we do not achieve perfect peace on earth, because perfect peace is not of this earth, common endeavours to gain peace will unite individuals and nations in trust and friendship and help to make our human community safer and kinder.
Being too open and generous to those who don’t deserve it.
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View profile →Not always standing up for myself enough.
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
The first 10 years of my marriage, when my children were small.
Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
Loyalty, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, reliability.
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
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