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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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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 Nanny Frances, my mum's mum.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2012 source ↗
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Dawn O'Porter
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My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
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Muhammad Ali – he made boxing the glamorous sport it is today. Last month I launched a petition to grant him an honorary knighthood.
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