Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan human rights advocate
I was brought up Catholic, to believe that marriage is for life. And we failed.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I travelled all the way to the Arctic Circle to see the aurora borealis, then fell asleep and missed it.
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Not much. Given that I’m up and active most mornings around 5am, I’ve had enough of everything by 9pm.
In the Beatles.
I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.
A friend named Paul Hill [one of the Guildford Four] spent 15 years in prison doing time for crimes he did not commit. We communicate most days. I admire the hell out of him.
That’s easy. I’ve consistently punched above my weight.
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