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.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗
Barack Obama, because he believed he could be president of the United States, and he succeeded. He was kind, and he tried to set a high standard of leadership.
John Wooden, when he was the number one basketball coach in the world. He just said to the bottom five players, “You don't get to play. You're sparring partners.” The top seven did all the playing.
Any person trying to uplift mankind.
The artist Gerhard Richter.
When people are rude to their waiter.
Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.
I’d give my younger self the lessons I’ve learned over the years, sparing myself the need to figure everything out so publicly.
I’ve learned that true love shouldn’t be complicated. It’s the safety and freedom to be seen and celebrated for who you truly are.
Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
We go back from whence we came.
Gloria Steinem, Mellody Hobson, Tony Christie, Martha Stewart, Andrea Martin, Tamsin Greig
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