Douglas Stuart
Scottish fashion designer and novelist
My mother and my brother would still be alive. So much of my life has been coping with the grief of losing them.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
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Harriet Walter
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I would never have gone on a diet. I would go back with the knowledge that not being perfect is fine.
Julian Clary
English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter
My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.
I would do more weightlifting than aerobics. Strong is better than skinny.
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In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.
As a generous soul.
Having a massage every week.
When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.
A pair of Saint Laurent trousers.
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