Hamza Yassin: How would you describe what love feels like to you? — FLAPSS

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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Hamza Yassin

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Hurtful, hard, like concrete but also the soft, silky, smooth, cool pillow that you lay your head on. It’s like birds singing in the morning with the aurora going over your head at night. That’s love for me.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

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Rosanna Arquette American actress

Real love feels like freedom.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗

Jenna Coleman English actress

Whole, full, lifted.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

Mary McCartney English photographer and cookbook author

It feels healthy and it makes your body tingle and you feel excited to be alive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2022 source ↗

Adjoa Andoh English actress

Like being three and dancing, giddy with joy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗

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Natural, caring, thoughtful.

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That life is tough and unfair; that life is beautiful.

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Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Finding a partner.

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Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

There’s a tweet somewhere saying, “If you like Africa so much, why don’t you go back there.” It was because I dedicated one of my dances to my three mothers – Mother Africa, Mother Nature and my mother.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Lack of confidence in speaking to the opposite sex.

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