Tim Minchin
Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.
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.
Nelson Mandela, for obvious reasons.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2010 source ↗
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Icelandic singer
I find most children quite inspiring.
Barack Obama—just the balls to think he could be president is gangster. People forget that, when he first announced he was running, most black people were for Hillary Clinton. The only person that was laughed at more for a crazy idea was Noah.
Ricky Gervais. I’m saying that so he might read this and cast me in something.
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