Richard Coles
British musician, writer, presenter and priest
My financial incompetence.
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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.
I wouldn’t have taken that meeting [with Weinstein in 1997].
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 December 2018 source ↗
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Cerys Matthews
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I’d be born a man and have a wife to run the house.
The years of self-doubt.
Courtney Pine
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I would have spent more time practising and got a proper lawyer to sort out my first album contract.
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Waking people up.
A warm blanket.
When I was 15, I conned my way into an office job at a company that represented makers of breast implants. The manager had a wart on the end of her tongue that she’d push against her teeth, making a very specific sound.
The trans community because I didn’t use the correct words, but I’ve learned from my mistake.
A mortician – I worked in a funeral home when I was 14.
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