Marian Keyes
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Some of my teachers. I was a bit of a handful as a kid. They were just trying to do their job and I made it very difficult.
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My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.
So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
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I would care less about what people think.
The thought that I could be doing more: being more productive, doing more of the things that matter, and less of the things that don’t.
Openness, curiosity and compassion.
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Preparing for Sound Of Metal. Feeling challenged and overwhelmed and lost in something is very fulfilling.
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