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The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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James Norton
English actor
Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently, it was horrific.
Totalitarianism in Europe.
My kids navigating the world as it is today – and daddy longlegs.
To experience the utter powerlessness of locked-in syndrome.
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Realising what I wanted to do as a career – aged about 22.
Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.
My ex-wife, for the way I behaved towards the end of our marriage.
I’m getting closer all the time.
My rational brain doing battle with my emotional brain.
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