Sally Phillips
British actress
I'm flighty. Yesterday, Peter Tatchell. Today, Jennifer Saunders.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Any cancer survivor.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2011 source ↗
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Lorraine Pascale
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Oprah – she's achieved so much.
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If I haven’t seen them in years and yet can pick up conversation like it was yesterday.
Personal: health. Globally: nuclear weapons.
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