Ben Kingsley
English actor
I look forward to answering that question in 15 years.
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Now. It would be corny if I say why.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2015 source ↗
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Joan Jett
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
Edmund Hillary
Mountaineer and explorer; first ascent of Everest, 1953
Those years from 1953 to 1975 were extremely happy years for me. I did many adventurous activities. I got deeply involved in these aid programs for the people of the Himalayas. I had a nice family, we took our family into the out-of-doors, we camped and we swam and we clambered around the hills. For me, it was a very full and a very happy existence.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Icelandic singer
Merging with nature or merging with people.
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Too many things to mention.
I love being a father. I think there’s a great lie that we tell kids that pleasure creates happiness. Young people think: “Oh, if I get this, I’ll be happy.” But in a lot of ways it’s meeting your responsibilities that makes you happy. For me, I’ve just found that feeling like I’ve done a good job with the kids is a real source of happiness for me.
Townes Van Zandt’s To Live Is To Fly.
Worrying about my kids.
Words like achievement make me want to puke.
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