Noah Harari
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Now. I’ve learned to adjust my expectations to reality better than when I was 20 or 10.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.
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Roger Taylor
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When I first heard one of our records on the radio.
Getting my full Equity card as a professional performer.
Driving solo across the country from New York to Washington State.
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Watching the news. Human life seemed pretty cheap in 2024.
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Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
We go back from whence we came.
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