Sickeningly, it’s probably my wife, because she’s a legend.
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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.
My son Quinton. He’s working behind the scenes in the picture biz and he’s done it all on his own.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2015 source ↗
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Gabor Maté. He is very eloquent and articulate about the role of trauma in our lives.
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My mum, because she raised five children. I am raising two and it’s hard work.
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When I was under contract to Universal Pictures in 1959, just before I got my role on Riverboat.
The psalm would be the 23rd. I’ll have to think about the song.
Dozens of women – I think you’ll figure out why.
I wouldn’t have done the naked centrefold in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1972.
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