My own doctor, Paul Rudnick.
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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.
Dolores Huerta.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗
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It’s a tie between Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., Wole Soyinka, and Oprah Winfrey. All are fearless, all know themselves, all have examined themselves, and all are comfortable with what they have seen.
Stuart Broad
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Sienna Miller. For obvious reasons!
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In my sleep in my 90s, after a great gig.
When I’m self-involved or insensitive to others.
As a kid, my summers at camp in the Adirondacks. And as an adult, when I’m onstage.
That injustice, ignorance, and fascism win.
Balancing my inner and outer life.
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