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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A mum, an airline stewardess or an artist.
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Shirley MacLaine
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At three, I knew I was too tall to be a ballerina, so that wasn’t going to happen.
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I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.
The Doctor in Doctor Who. I still do.
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As having been loving and fun.
A trip to a Macedonian refugee camp that I switched out of, to go at a later date. Those who took my place were killed in a horrific car accident.
A blurred, warm state of total acceptance and joy.
To Sophie, for not being a better parent.
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