Empathetic, humble and strong.
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Funny, impatient, annoying.
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Complicated, chaotic, messy.
Fizzy like lemonade.
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Failure, being caught out, making an idiot of myself.
Spirit of adventure and kindness.
Arrogance and narcissism.
I’ve had motorcycle accidents – I had one where I ended up in intensive care. But if you are on a frontline – which I have been – and people start shooting at you – which they have done – you put yourself in quite considerable danger. So: on a moving frontline in northern Afghanistan in 2001.
Impatience and vanity.
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