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Not actualising my full potential.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Sally Mann
Photographer
The loss of a child.
Losing my mind.
Something happening to one of my children.
Gayle King
Broadcaster
I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
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Oversharing. I long to be intimately connected to people and sometimes, among strangers, I don’t read the room.
Weirdly, sometimes exhaustion keeps me awake. If I am really tired, I won’t sleep well.
Missing a cue on stage. I had to come on and move a piece of furniture with another actor and I completely forgot. I looked at the monitor and said, “Why is he standing on his own?” And somebody said, “Aren’t you meant to help him?”
A sense of home.
To trust in the process.
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