My sister. She is the most loving, positive and generous person I know.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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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.
A friend named Paul Hill [one of the Guildford Four] spent 15 years in prison doing time for crimes he did not commit. We communicate most days. I admire the hell out of him.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗
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My mother, because she is vivacious, amazing, brilliant, giving, strong and powerful.
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Hillary Clinton – people make her responsible for what Bill did, but she’s just as innocent as I was when my husband cheated on me.
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Probably Daniel Barenboim. His blend of insane talent, intellect, and profound humanitarianism is one that comes along very, very rarely. I would put Martina Navratilova and Stephen Sondheim in a tie for second.
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Not much. Given that I’m up and active most mornings around 5am, I’ve had enough of everything by 9pm.
I travelled all the way to the Arctic Circle to see the aurora borealis, then fell asleep and missed it.
In the Beatles.
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