I wanted to be a doctor, like my father.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I'm about to be a superstar. I'm about to be a singer.
Emily Race-Newmark, This Is How We Care, September 2023 source ↗
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Albie Sachs
Anti-apartheid lawyer; Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
I’d say, “I’m going to be a doctor.” I don’t know why I changed. I know my dad had something to do with it.
A comedian or the guy who drives the little truck around airports that takes old ladies to their gate.
Michael Stipe
American singer
Archaeologist, pop star, store cashier.
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