Helen George
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Going through a divorce.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My sister’s death – I would love to meet her kids. [Karen Grammer was 18 when she was abducted, raped and murdered.]
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View all 203 →My failures have taught me more than the successes, so not much.
Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975
I wish I sent one more helicopter to get the hostages and we would have rescued then and I - I would have been re-elected, but that may have - and that may have interfered with the foundation of the Carter Center. And if I had to choose between four more years and the Carter Center, I think I would choose the Carter Center.
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News conference at the Carter Center, Atlanta, as transcribed by CNN, 20 August 2015
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Lionel Shriver
American author
I would have taken more drugs.
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View profile →Putin. Because he is so comfortably who he is.
It would have to be the justice system in Colorado, which is not geared toward taking care of victims. The guys who killed my sister in 1975 always come up for parole every year.
My two middle children, Mason and Jude. They will know why.
I would borrow from Peter Sellers: Glenn Miller’s In The Mood.
Thirty seconds ago. I cry a lot. I find great solace in it.
This morning, surrounded by my children and my wife, Kayte.
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