Shakin' Stevens
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Bullying, whether face to face or online.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I don’t like false or opportunistic people.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗
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An inability to see the other side.
Henry R. Kravis
Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
I don’t like those people that only want to be nice to people that they consider their equal or above them as far as maybe they’ve got money or something like that.
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I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
I’m defined as a very strong woman. I don’t identify myself with a specific figure, but I do greatly admire people who manage to persevere with humility through great difficulties.
Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.
The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
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