Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
Dolores Huerta.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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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 is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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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Dr Denis Mukwege, because he is to sexualised violence against females what Mandela was to apartheid.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
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View all 402 →Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
King Charles III, because he’s working hard to save our planet.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2024 source ↗
Pope Francis. He’s going with the original program. He may not be perfect, but he’s trying.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗
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View profile →As someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
Feeling you want someone else’s welfare as much and sometimes more than your own.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
First a horse rancher, then a dancer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
I haven’t done it yet.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
Being a salesgirl in a baby shop where the others said things like, “He’s Jewish, but she’s American.” Also, after college, being a waitress in London, and trying to make change in the old money of shillings and pence.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
Seeing the future die, from Bobby Kennedy to dear friends.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
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