Josette Simon
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I don’t have a happiest; I live in the now.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Now, by far. Old enough to know time’s short, young enough to use it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2016 source ↗
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Joss Whedon
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Filming Much Ado About Nothing. In my home, with my family and my besties and the bard all around. Pure joy.
The 60s at the University of California at Santa Barbara weren’t bad.
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Can't quantify – I am often happy.
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