Richard Bacon
English television and radio presenter
Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst advice you received that you followed anyway?
Failure & regret
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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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.
My daughter, Lael. She’s fearless and fun. In her eight years, she’s had traumatic events, but still gives hugs.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 source ↗
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Anyone who is a carer.
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My daughter. She’s awesome and it’s because I’m awesome. Lol.
As the biggest, brightest, most bodacious badass that ever lived.
But it was really – it came across sinister. And for me, I really did listen to it. I accepted it. I tried to implement that. The reason why I say it’s the worst advice I ever received was that it was damaging to me because she was totally wrong. ... And so, when somebody who is successful tells you to do something, you try to do it, even when it damages you.
On Friday: my daughter won her volleyball game and my mom sent me videos, because I couldn’t be there. I cried wishing I’d been there to cheer her on.
My job. I want to get it right.
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