Mo Gilligan
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I don’t think I would change anything because it might not have got me here.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My password. [In 2014, Brown Findlay’s iCloud account was hacked.]
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Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher
I would like to come out at 16 or 17, and not 21.
Joanne Froggatt
English actress
I’d change my mindset and not be so hard on myself, and impart the knowledge that other people’s intentions aren’t always as well-meaning as my own.
Omid Djalili
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I'd edit out all the wrong people I surrounded myself with socially and professionally whom I thought I had to tolerate.
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My nan. She lost her husband at the end of 2019 and over the past year she’s been in isolation, but every single week when we speak, she’s full of hope.
A ballet dancer. I danced from age two to 19. Giving up was not a choice; I had complications in an ankle operation.
I used to do silver service waitressing at parties and events. The job was great, but there was constant harassment and groping from older men, and I hadn’t found my voice yet. It’s terrifying when you are young and you need a job.
During lockdown, I found out I wasn’t pregnant any more.
My younger self: I had no love for her and I was cruel and she never deserved it.
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