Donny Osmond
American singer, dancer, actor, television host
Eight grandchildren, five sons and my one wife.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Come back to me the night before I pop my clogs.
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Gregg Wallace
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Raising my children, Tom and Libby, on my own.
Fatima Bhutto
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Chekhov said, any idiot can weather a crisis, it’s the day-to-day living that wears you out. I think the same is true for great achievements. It’s not a big thing, but one ought to feel proud about the small moments in which you might have helped, cared for, or done something good for others.
Rupert Graves
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Remembering to do things in order, because I have to transcend my nature, which is haphazard.
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Picking their nose and eating it.
That fear becomes too great.
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