Block out the noise and trust your gut.
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When were you happiest?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What does love feel like?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A 'no' is free.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
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It’s all a gift. So be grateful for every day.
Mario Molina
Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
So achievement, to me, is something that just comes with this attitude of doing your work the best you can in a passionate way. It’s not something that you have to expect. It’s something that’s a consequence of what you do, but it’s certainly important.
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Judgmental without investigation.
A wonderful, terribly exciting disease.
I worked in a unisex clothes store for three days. Girls would say, 'Do I look fat in this?' I'd say, 'Yes.' I was fired.
Losing my mind and not knowing it.
Johnny Mathis - he is so perfect.
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