John Grisham
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Drop 20lb and lower my cholesterol.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The capacity to genuinely enjoy going to the gym.
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Una Stubbs
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A little balcony.
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My kids doing what I say, when I say.
Two ears. I am deaf in my right ear and I’ve just developed musical tinnitus – it’s not an interesting tune and you don’t choose it. I had three weeks of Hare Krishna night and day. Then it changed to Rod Stewart’s Sailing.
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View profile →I cry at everything – adverts, Gogglebox, hugging my kids. I love crying: it’s like your pain is laughing.
Probably when Fulham beat Juventus 4-1 in the Europa League.
To my kids, for my shortcomings.
The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash, or the theme tune to Pointless.
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