Hans Zimmer
Film composer
Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Originally asked
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 mom, for her unflappable ability to be sanguine (though she sometimes dips into Pollyanna territory).
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2021 source ↗
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