Loss.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 9 November 2013 source ↗
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What is your greatest fear?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Mike Wallace
American journalist
I don’t have any left. I’ve already lost a son. I guess, maybe, that my wife would leave me, but she wouldn’t dare.
Jason Manford
English comedian and singer
Wasting my life.
To overcook that plate of fettuccine.
Akio Toyoda
President of Toyota Motor Corporation, 2009–2023; chairman from 2023
Everybody is shifting to BEVs, this is the biggest fear for me. Three or four years ago, I was the only one to say to the media that I love smell, I love sound and I love engines, and I want to keep the jobs for engine suppliers.…But it seems to me that I’m the only one. I feel very alone.
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I don't have a treasured possession.
Neediness.
I don't judge others.
More sleep. I am sleep-deprived at the moment. I've just done four films back to back and I am about to start another one, so it is very tough – and wonderful.
I don't judge others.
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