Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
To be working still.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The transition from streetlife to the legitimate world.
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Michael Stipe
American singer
Deciding what I wanted to do at 15 and, against all odds, doing it.
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.
Football player of the year 4th XI 2002.
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Flashlight by Parliament.
Alone, chillin’ with Coco.
Barack Obama – just for the simple fact he took the shot and went all the way to president.
My kids, for not being around much.
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