Niamh Cusack
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Lack of compassion and arrogance.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I hate it when my little brothers don't close their mouths when they're eating.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2019 source ↗
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Greed and stupidity.
Bullying, flakiness, rudeness, lack of humility, being patronising and ungenerous.
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Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
Being grateful for what you have.
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Biting my nails.
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