I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
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John Lewis
U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966
When I was growing up I wanted to be a minister. I wanted to preach.
Ann Patchett
American author
A writer. Always.
Robert Peston
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Prime minister and brain surgeon.
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Your heart walking around outside your body.
Letting down the people I love.
An understanding that kindness is the answer.
Self-loathing that rises to the level of deploring.
Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.
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