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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A bushel of self-confidence.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
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A sense of what really matters.
A sense of the world being full of possibility and it being in their hands to make it a better one.
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Two days ago. To move to New York.
The years of self-doubt.
I worry about doing everything right with my kids.
Immunity to cruelty.
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