Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
Dishonesty and being late for appointments.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People who judge other people's actions on their own thought process.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
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I cry all the time.
I'd like to write my funeral song.
That I might have to do a normal job.
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