Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Neil Young. Not in that order.
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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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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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.
My wife, Hannah. She’s amazing and keeps me in check. I met her 24 years ago at drama school.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 April 2018 source ↗
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Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
Martin Sheen
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My wife Janet: she is the most scrupulously honest human being I have ever encountered.
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Liverpool losing the FA Cup final to Wimbledon when I was a kid. It made me cry.
Warm contentment, and like nothing else exists.
I worked in a TGI Fridays when I was 19 and came to London for the first time. It was absolutely horrible and I got fired after two weeks.
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