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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
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Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
I go in every day to the office. I don't accomplish hardly anything. I mean, in terms of – it just takes me way longer to do things. And Greg is so good. It was kind of embarrassing how good he is, because he has covered – you know, we've got about 200 businesses within Berkshire, you know, that came about, and I can't name the manager's names or their wives names, or – and I haven't seen them, you know, in a long time. It's easier just to write the letter once a year and kind of do my own thing. Greg covers more ground in a day than I would in a week, even when I was at my peak, let alone my present condition.
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Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
Mostly the pain. I don’t want to be trapped in a body that hurts.
Every time I play tennis I come back with a fresh injury.
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Like everything is in high definition, and life is on your side.
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Lack of confidence masquerading as perfectionism.
Anyone whose party I said I’d go to and didn’t turn up. I can get quite socially anxious at times.
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