Nicholas Hoult
English actor
Mum and Dad – they've done a pretty good job raising us kids.
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When were you happiest?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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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 amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
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Peter Hitchens: he ploughs the lonely furrow.
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My wife, who has created our life and our happiness with me.
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Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
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The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
Mental cruelty.
If my children remember me as fondly as I remember my mum, that would be a treat.
Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.
When I was a teenager, I laughed at a joke I didn’t understand. Whoever told the joke turned to me and said, “What are you laughing at?” Of course I didn’t know and he obviously knew I didn’t know. It was excruciating.
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