Gloria Steinem.
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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 niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2025 source ↗
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That I’ll become a recluse with too many dogs.
I wish I always had the right word in the right moment at the right time and not two hours later in my car going home.
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