Harry Redknapp
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I was probably too cheeky to chairmen over the years.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Fewer night shifts.
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Noah Harari
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I would like to come out at 16 or 17, and not 21.
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I would have tried that anti-stretch mark cream during pregnancy.
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I would have come out earlier.
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One time an engineer said, “I always forget your frequency is at the same level as a crying baby.” I think he was on to something, because I have been told to shush many times over the years.
Running out of time.
I lived in New York during 9/11 and worked a couple of blocks away from the twin towers. I was looking when the first tower exploded and then when the second plane flew in and, before we had to evacuate, I did see people jump to their death.
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Losing my husband. We are properly codependent.
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