Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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When were you happiest?
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What would you like to leave your children?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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Hey Ya, by OutKast.
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Kelsey Grammer
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I would borrow from Peter Sellers: Glenn Miller’s In The Mood.
Sara Cox
English broadcaster
The Hovis ad music.
Shirley Ballas
English ballroom dancer
We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters.
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A sense of optimism.
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I’ve never read any Proust.
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