The rare moment I don’t believe in myself enough.
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The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
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Time blindness.
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Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.
Thinking that I am less-than. That thinking is cunning, baffling, and insidious, and I must guard against it every hour of every day.
John Lewis
U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966
My tendency to skip meals.
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View profile →Six months ago, I decided to move house. I got a skip, cleared everything out and then thought: “Why am I doing this?” So I remained, and I’m glad I did.
I wouldn’t because everything is connected with everything else.
Connection, warmth, somebody you can trust and, quite happily, say nothing to.
That they were loved.
Optimistic, nurturing, enquiring.
A garden chair from the Chelsea flower show. It was almost the price of a small crappy car.
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