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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
To believe my eyes and not my ears.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗
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Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.
Michael Flatley
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You’re going to come up against brick walls in life. You’ve got to go over them, under them, around them, or crash through them, but somehow or other you’ve got to get to the other side.
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View profile →Another actress once said to me, “I’ve told you huge lies to make you feel good about yourself.” I’m not going to say who.
Not marrying the person I wanted to marry, but now I think it’s probably good that I didn’t.
Our friends are sad and miss us for a bit but, hopefully, they find other people at the party.
I once walked up to Harriet Walter while she was having lunch on her own because I thought I knew her, and then when I got up to the table I realised I didn’t know her, I just recognised her because she was Harriet Walter.
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
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