Angus Deayton
English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.
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
Originally asked
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.
Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗
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Sam Neill
New Zealand actor
My brother, Michael. He is an academic and has devoted his life to scholarship; my life seems trivial by comparison. Bastard.
The Obamas are impressive.
Gabor Maté. He is very eloquent and articulate about the role of trauma in our lives.
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