Imelda Staunton
English actress and singer
Danny Boyle, for obvious reasons.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My wife, because she has to live with me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2013 source ↗
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Michael Ball
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
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Self-discipline.
Toasting marshmallows on an open fire in Yosemite national park.
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