Philippa Perry
Psychotherapist and author
Everyone. In advance. Just in case.
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When were you happiest?
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How close have you come to death?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
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Alex Jones
American far-right conspiracy theorist
An ex-boyfriend who, looking back, I lost patience with. Now we know more about mental health, I think that was at the root of it; I am sorry I didn’t understand it at the time.
Richard Osman
English TV presenter and writer
To my kids, for my shortcomings.
Sorry is such an underrated word – I use it liberally.
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Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.
When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.
As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
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