To have the courage to fail.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Living life to the full, not having regrets and not trying to plan your future too much. Just enjoy every minute.
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Richard Feynman
Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965
It is necessary, I believe, to accept this idea, not only for science, but also for other things; it is of great value to acknowledge ignorance. It is a fact that when we make decisions in our life we don't necessarily know that we are making them correctly; we only think that we are doing the best we can – and that is what we should do.
People remember how you make them feel more than they remember what you say or do.
Be true to yourself.
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When my daughter and my stepdaughters were feeling unhappy, we used to pretend to unlock something in their heart and then pour golden liquid into them, and it always warmed them. For me, that’s what love feels like – a warm feeling inside.
I can’t bear people who lie.
Nothing: I live in the now.
Years ago in a safari park in South Africa, and getting all dressed up for dinner. Walking across the lawn, I didn’t realise there was a swimming pool that hadn’t been lit and walked straight into the shallow end fully clothed. It still haunts me. I remember trying to get out as if no one would notice.
“Your cooking sucks” – before I learned to cook in Covid.
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