Jennifer Egan
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Hillary Clinton.
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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.
Barack Obama – just for the simple fact he took the shot and went all the way to president.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗
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Aretha Franklin. I mean, she’s Aretha! That says it all.
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