James Dyson
British inventor and businessman
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What is the worst job you have done?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being a decent person.
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Sam Neill
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Still being in work. And my vineyards; they’re beautiful.
Clive Myrie
British journalist, newsreader, and presenter
Surviving this world.
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View profile →I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.
Kind, fun and that I cared.
An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
I’d change my mindset and not be so hard on myself, and impart the knowledge that other people’s intentions aren’t always as well-meaning as my own.
On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
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