Now, because of my marriage and because since September 2019 I’ve been free of clinical depression.
When were you happiest?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Professionally, it has to be when I got my third star.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2011 source ↗
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