Ashley Walters
British actor and rapper
My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My president, a heroic figure—also good- humored, pretty smart, elegant; and if the rest of the world thinks he typifies America, I don’t mind at all.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2009 source ↗
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Alison Goldfrapp
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Anyone who is a carer.
James Corden
English actor and comedian
My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
Angus Deayton
English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.
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View profile →To be wildly, desperately, carelessly, nakedly in love, of course. Crazy, obsessive love: brooding, baying at the moon, writing daily missives to the adored. Who wouldn’t want this? Even though the crash is painful.
The night my daughter was born, New York, December 29, 1997. After she emerged and I held her in the palm of my hand, I walked around Manhattan in a stupor of happiness.
Self-denigration, an old strategy for extorting praise from people. (“I am a terrible person.” “No, you’re a wonderful person and we all love you.”)
That this is all there is, and there is no more.
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