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A bilious green suit springs to mind.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’d have told a racist cabbie to go fuck himself, but I was scared about being chucked out on the street at 2am.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗
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Christy Turlington Burns
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I might speed up a few details, but wouldn’t change anything, other than my dad still being here.
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I would not let Nick Cassavetes direct My Sister’s Keeper, the film. He said [the ending] was going to match what was in the book, then changed it.
I would get therapy in my early 20s.
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