I changed my mind on airing my views. Sometimes silence is better.
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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What scares you about getting older?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
The exact question was part of every retrieved Vox 9 Questions installment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I decided that Mavis Staples was right – I don’t need to despise myself.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗
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View all 28 →A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.
Last week, when I decided to rewrite the children’s book I’ve been working on.
Six months ago, I decided to move house. I got a skip, cleared everything out and then thought: “Why am I doing this?” So I remained, and I’m glad I did.
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View profile →Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
“And for you, sir?” It happens a lot.
Throwing up all over the red velvet seats in the House of Lords on a school trip, aged nine.
A ballet dancer.
Not knowing who my family are.
Not standing up to bullies.
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