Kellie Maloney
Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
Choose your friends wisely.
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When were you happiest?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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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.
Be generous and kind. Honestly, those two things did everything for me.
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Jack Whitehall
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Don’t make jokes at the expense of Little Mix. They have an ardent fanbase.
You can only do one thing at a time.
To have the courage to fail.
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That time I congratulated a waitress on being pregnant.
Intermittent laziness.
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