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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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Daily life
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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.
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Ed Sheeran, a little ginger boy from the farmlands in Suffolk who ran away to London, slept on the streets and became the biggest musician in the world.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗
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