Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
When Molde won the Norwegian premier league in 2011, the year the club was 100 years old.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
This morning, surrounded by my children and my wife, Kayte.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2016 source ↗
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Iris Apfel
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I try to be happy whenever I can. I don’t fret about what’s past and we don’t know if there will be a future, so I make as much as I can out of what’s here now.
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View profile →Thirty seconds ago. I cry a lot. I find great solace in it.
I would borrow from Peter Sellers: Glenn Miller’s In The Mood.
My two middle children, Mason and Jude. They will know why.
It would have to be the justice system in Colorado, which is not geared toward taking care of victims. The guys who killed my sister in 1975 always come up for parole every year.
Putin. Because he is so comfortably who he is.
My sister’s death – I would love to meet her kids. [Karen Grammer was 18 when she was abducted, raped and murdered.]
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