Yogi Berra
Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
Talking too much.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being untruthful.
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People who pretend to have perfect marriages. Perfect marriages are like orgasms – many of them are faked.
The inability to appreciate true talent.
Careless cruelty.
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My very long to-do list.
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