Olivia de Havilland
Film actress; twice winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress
Nelson Mandela.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is the worst job you have done?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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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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I have great hopes for Barack Obama.
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Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.
Rick Stein
English chef
The Dalai Lama.
Ed Harris
American actor and director
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
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I would never have smoked - I gave up years ago.
When my son was born and I realised I was a mum.
Washing dishes when I was a student.
Lack of understanding and tolerance.
A critic once said she wanted to lift a carpet, put me under it and hold it down until I stopped moving.
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