I always try to see the good. I never look for the bad.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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People who make you wait around for them.
Arrogance combined with egotism and selfishness.
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Clumsy, kind and excitable.
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Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.
We go back from whence we came.
Watching the news. Human life seemed pretty cheap in 2024.
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