Michelle Dockery
British actress
My friendships.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What keeps you awake at night?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A selection of single paragraphs that perfectly capture something I’ve thought or felt, even if it’s shameful or perverse.
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Mike Skinner
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Original Pirate Material.
Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
One moment, Nelson Mandela is in jail, and the next moment, he is walking, a free man. One moment, we are shackled as the oppressed of apartheid; the next, we are voting for the very first time. I was 63 when I voted for the first time in my life in the country of my birth. Nelson Mandela was 76 years of age. But it happened, it happened. It happened partly because the international community supported us. People prayed for us. People demonstrated on our behalf, especially young people. Students at universities and college campuses used to sit out in the baking sunshine to force their institutions to divest and the miracle happened. We became free because we were helped and we want to say a big “thank you” to the world. And, you can become free nonviolently.
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My own bad prose.
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Getting exactly what I wanted.
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