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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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Barack Obama, because he believed he could be president of the United States, and he succeeded. He was kind, and he tried to set a high standard of leadership.
Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
This is kind of cheesy, but my mum.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2012 source ↗
My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗
Nothing, really. But without little sleeping pills, I’d go crazy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
It’s a calm and secure feeling of deep loyalty.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
My surname. You have no idea how many versions I’ve read and heard. It was especially irritating during my Abba years. You can imagine someone calling our hotel and saying: “I’d like to speak to one of the guys in Abba.” Who do you think the receptionist called, Andersson or Ulvaeus?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
A cabaret act with Agnetha, Frida and Benny. It was in a nightclub in Gothenburg and one night we had seven in the audience. It was before we found out that we were a pop group.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Successful like my two uncles, who were paper industry magnates.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
If it wasn’t for coronavirus, it would be right now. All my life I’ve felt a pressure to achieve. It’s gone now, and that gives me a sense of freedom. Whenever I, for short moments, forget about corona and climate change, I’m happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Abi Morgan, Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Adwoa Aboah, Alfre Woodard, Alice Eve
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