Niamh Cusack
Irish actress
Better hearing.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I just did it. I wanted to lose weight and respect my body more, and I’ve lost 31 pounds in three months.
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The ability to switch off.
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If one could shut off the modern world and all the information that flows, not necessarily into your brain but at your face, and doesn’t benefit anything or make one better informed.
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I don’t like to think about that.
Not understanding the business side of my career enough. I could have probably been much wealthier than I am.
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I have to say I am an easy sob. I don’t mind, because there’s no harm in having a big man cry.
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