Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2011 source ↗
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?Originally asked
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Richard Coles
British musician, writer, presenter and priest
Don’t overcook pasta.
To keep trying to listen to yourself.
Peyton Manning
American football quarterback
Football has taught me not to be led by obstructions and setbacks but instead to be led by dreams.
Alison Goldfrapp
English musician and record producer
Love is everything.
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I'm scared of the dark.
Realising adults don't know everything.
I didn’t listen to my instincts, essentially, and I presumed other people knew more than me, and actually, nobody knows more about you than you.
A walk-in wardrobe!
I won't allow people's shit limit what I do.
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