What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

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Recorded Meghann Fahy said elsewhere, not written here
Your lowest moment is temporary.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗

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Roger Ebert Film critic
I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.
Recorded Salon, excerpted from Life Itself: A Memoir, 15 September 2011 source ↗
John Simm English musician and actor
Live in the moment. Enjoy life because time cruelly speeds up as you get older and becomes scarily finite.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2023 source ↗
Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗

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