Having regrets.
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Losing my memory and not being able to work.
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Maurice Sendak
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I cry a lot because I miss people. I cry a lot because they die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more. ... And so it's what I dread more than anything is the isolation.
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Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR — recorded by telephone in September 2011, his last interview, 20 September 2011
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Getting even older.
Pain and loneliness.
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A radio presenter said I had yellow teeth – to my face. When I was 45, a manager in LA said I was too old to work in Hollywood; and then she rang my agent and said, “Can you tell your client never to wear that perfume again because it made me feel sick.”
Bullying, flakiness, rudeness, lack of humility, being patronising and ungenerous.
As somebody who loved people, was always curious, a loyal friend, a mother, wife, always positive and authentic.
Worry – I am a terrible worrier.
Can I have more than three? Creative, kind, a grafter, engaging, loyal, fun and generous.
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