My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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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.
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The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who is 100 years old and still working.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2009 source ↗
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Our local doctor.
Pedro Almodóvar, for being loyal to his personality as an artist against all the odds.
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My belief that saying it makes it happen.
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