Hilary Swank
Actor
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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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.
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute. The work he and the team are doing to reduce extreme poverty is phenomenal.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2011 source ↗
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Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer and songwriter
Muhammad Ali. I never liked him boxing; offstage, he was an archangel.
Ann Patchett
American author
A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.
Rhys Ifans
Welsh actor and musician
Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
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My first business, People's Place, went bankrupt in the mid-70s.
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