Filippo Grandi, United Nations Refugee Agency high commissioner.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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.
Artists who do their own thing, without compromise: Ken Loach, Bob Dylan and James Kelman.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2016 source ↗
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Muhammad Ali. I never liked him boxing; offstage, he was an archangel.
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I haven’t achieved anything of note yet.
Laying down slabs for the council.
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