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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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A great composer. I wrote to Benjamin Britten to tell him this and that he was my third favourite composer. For some reason he didn’t feel moved to reply.
I was hellbent on being a Thunderbird. I was devastated when my parents finally told me it was a fictional organisation. Ruined my 18th.
An astronaut, a writer, a dancer.
I had dreams of becoming the first scouse pope. Unfortunately, the girls got to me first.
I am always very happy in Sardinia with my family; I spend at least six months of the year there. Six months working and six months relaxing – I think that is a great balance.
Overcooking pasta for my Italian family in Napoli – they would kill me.
That Italy didn’t qualify for the World Cup this year.
As a nice and fair guy who helped bring authentic Italian cooking to the UK.
I would have spent more time with my parents. I did see them often, but you don’t realise how much you’ll miss someone or something until it’s gone.
Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction. That’s the way everyone should live.
Bozoma Saint John, Mellody Hobson, Angela Hartnett, Jeremy Deller, Jack Whitehall, Joan Jett
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