My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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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 dad, because he is full of integrity and good humour; and my grandad, because he's full of the same.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2013 source ↗
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Muhammad Ali. I never liked him boxing; offstage, he was an archangel.
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My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.
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David Hockney, because he’s so experimental and creative. He continually reinvents himself in a really delightful way.
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More clarity, or if I went to the gym more.
I don't want to think that far ahead, but a song I like is Herb Alpert's This Guy's In Love With You. Let's pretend it's going to be played at my wedding instead.
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