I don’t say that I’m perfect but there’s nothing that I deplore.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗
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Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker
No sense of humor.
Maxi-multitasking.
My inferiority complex.
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View profile →A friend named Paul Hill [one of the Guildford Four] spent 15 years in prison doing time for crimes he did not commit. We communicate most days. I admire the hell out of him.
I travelled all the way to the Arctic Circle to see the aurora borealis, then fell asleep and missed it.
Like Celtic hitting the back of the net in the 90th minute of a Champions League football match.
Not much. Given that I’m up and active most mornings around 5am, I’ve had enough of everything by 9pm.
I have a mild fear of not being appreciative enough for the luck that has come my way. That’s about it.
In the Beatles.
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