My own biography! Being serious, there’s an Australian novel by Gregory Roberts called Shantaram that I didn’t read through.
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Probably all of them because I am not big into English literature. I read a lot of self-improvement books.
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View all 32 →Absolutely none. I’ve had three run-ups at Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and I conclude it must be boring because I’ve never finished it.
I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
I’ve never got through Ulysses.
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View profile →Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.
It happened when I was younger, somewhere outside London. We were on bikes, and this older girl pulled up and said something racist that I won’t repeat. I will never forget that, because it was the first time, and I was like, “Oh, I am feeling different from everyone around me right now”.
I quite enjoyed all my retail jobs (I worked in H&M and Gap), but the worst times were the sale periods. The summer sales – awful.
I would tell myself to stop being such a worrier.
Cruelty to animals or children.
Selfless and open, freeing.
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