Tim Minchin
Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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.
Michelle Obama. Her girls were massive fans of So You Think You Can Dance and we were invited to the White House for the Easter egg hunt. She was even more brilliant than you imagine, and we bonded over a love of Beyoncé.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 May 2021 source ↗
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David Guetta
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People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
Jimmy Carter. Michelle Obama. Barack Obama. Geoffrey Canada. Tank Man. Marian Wright Edelman. Madeleine Albright. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Norman Lear. Malala Yousafzai. Beyoncé Knowles.
Lil Nas X
American rapper
I have to say myself, because I know everything that he’s been through and still continues to go through. I admire him. So I vote me – I like him.
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To anyone I have lost touch with. It happened purely by accident as life took over.
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Art. I recently bought a Sean Scully painting, I have a Damien Hirst, a Tracey Emin, a Polly Morgan snake and a couple of Jonathan Yeos.
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