Simon Le Bon
English singer
Another radio hit.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A better knee and better lungs.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗
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A more even mood.
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Absence of lower back pain.
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My impotence in the face of war.
Physically, falling off my bike two years ago. Emotionally, when my mother died when I was 27.
So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
Appearing angry when I’m not angry.
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