Loving, sincere, honest.
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Enthusiastic, resilient, empathetic.
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I would become fitter younger. Because I would have been hotter younger!
I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.
When I concentrate, I put my thumb in my mouth. I once did it during a really important meeting when asked a question I didn’t know the answer to. When I left the meeting my friend said: “What did you put your thumb in your mouth for?” I didn’t know I’d done it.
A mix – safety to be yourself, acceptance, a feeling of peace and reliance, but also challenge, whether that’s intellectual or emotional.
Speaking negatively to myself.
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