My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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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.
Margaret Atwood: she’s an empathic human being who writes books that help me be a better person.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2015 source ↗
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Artists who do their own thing, without compromise: Ken Loach, Bob Dylan and James Kelman.
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Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.
Martin Sheen
American actor
My wife Janet: she is the most scrupulously honest human being I have ever encountered.
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View profile →Nothing. I fell asleep while I was getting a shave. When I woke up, the barber said, “No one has ever fallen asleep with a razor at their throat.” And I was like, “Bro, I have three boys under five – I sleep when I can.”
Probably last night, when I went into my sons’ bedroom and kissed them on their smelly heads.
My marriage and my sobriety. The sobriety makes the marriage possible.
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