Marina Abramović
Performance artist
His holiness the Dalai Lama and his ability to forgive.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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Relationships
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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 mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
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Rita Wilson
American actress, singer, and producer
I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.
Christopher Eccleston
English actor
Elsie Eccleston, my mother, for her emotional intelligence, kindness, intense curiosity, and chicken and leek pies.
Dominic Cooper
English actor
Clive Stafford Smith, for his incredible work with the Reprieve charity.
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As a good person who was kind, funny, and a little bit naughty.
To Jade, my other half, because I can be hard work sometimes, and he is the most calm and understanding person I’ve ever met.
When I was seven or eight, I got run over and was actually under the car, which was scary. I just ran out; it was totally my fault. I was fine – all I got was a tiny scar on my knee.
I am a good sleeper.
Magical, warm, but also butterflies.
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