Tim Rice
English lyricist and author
Possibly the fact that some of the stuff I’ve written will still be around after I’ve snuffed it.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I started out, people thought I was going to be a flash in the pan, but I’m still working.
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Marie Kondo
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
It’s still a work in progress, but I would have to say, organising the world. With all the KonMari consultants around the world, and those that read my books or watched the Netflix shows, we are definitely making a difference.
Emily Mortimer
British actress
I am a terrible driver, so not having killed myself or anyone else, so far.
Rose McGowan
American actress and activist
Waking people up.
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When my kids were young enough for me to carry them both, one on each hip. I miss walking in the door and them flinging themselves at me.
I decided I wanted a red convertible Jaguar, because I thought I would look the bee’s knees in it. The first time I drove it with the top down, it scared the shit out of me. After that, I only bought “mom” cars.
A cafeteria in Glasgow where the manager was horrible. I walked out and got a great job in a betting shop.
I read too much science fiction to mess with anything. I’d be terrified that, by changing something, my kids wouldn’t be mine.
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