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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I wouldn’t care so much what people thought.
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Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
I sent off the letter. I probably made a technical mistake by giving it to a journalist before hearing from the Prime Minister because this journalist was working for a Sunday newspaper and gave it enormous press, and I think quite rightly the Prime Minister was annoyed that I had not given him the opportunity but never mind.
Ralf Little
English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer
I wouldn’t have tried to break up a fight when I was 17.
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Having a massage every week.
In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.
When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.
A pair of Saint Laurent trousers.
My parents: I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time with them.
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