Daphne Guinness
British socialite
Discipline. Also to have a goal, however small and whatever it may be.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Be true to yourself.
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Mario Molina
Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
So achievement, to me, is something that just comes with this attitude of doing your work the best you can in a passionate way. It’s not something that you have to expect. It’s something that’s a consequence of what you do, but it’s certainly important.
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.
Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
To stand up tall and aim for what you want.
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View profile →None. I’m not ashamed. I’m dyslexic so I don’t read a lot of books.
Alanis Morissette because, in my earlier career, she was a big influence on me and had a feistiness that you didn’t see much of in women in the industry. Also, she has been very vocal about mental health issues.
I’ve enjoyed every single job, including working at my dad’s chicken shop selling potato gems (fried potato circles) to the surfer dudes.
A hairdresser through the week and a star on the weekends.
Not having the ability to say sorry when they’re wrong.
Finally nailing being on time.
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