Ed Harris
American actor and director
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What is your favourite side project?
Craft & work
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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When was the last time you changed your mind about something?
Change of mind
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What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?
Craft & work
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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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.
As a businesswoman, I admire Indra Nooyi, because of the way she is transforming Pepsi into a 'healthy' fast food organisation
Shweta Punj, Most Powerful Women in Business 2011, Business Today, 18 September 2011 source ↗
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Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter
Myself – why not?
Brian May, because of his love of wildlife and love of music. He’s a kind, gentle soul.
James Norton
English actor
Greta Thunberg, for obvious reasons.
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View profile →When we develop blockbuster novel products and the world sits up and takes us seriously, then I would probably sleep peacefully.
Apart from my business I engage in civic issues. I do a lot of work with the Government of Karnataka, both for the biotech sector as well as for the city of Bangalore.
You always have to believe in your principles and take the route that is fair, even if it is tougher.
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Kripa Mahalingam, Secret diary of an entrepreneur, Outlook Business, 24 March 2018
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I guess my learning about regulatory strategies is much better now, and I may have designed many clinical trials differently - for example, oral insulin.
Don’t be a “me too” entrepreneur. Leaders and organizations that only follow cannot be successful over the long term.
And actually they are right, because I have a real fear of blood.
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