Mandela. Also, artists and painters. I admire people who are creative.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
Originally asked
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 parents, because they did what they did to give me the opportunities to do what I do. They left their lives behind in Australia and started again in their 40s in a new country.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
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Any homosexual or transgender people fighting for their rights anywhere in the world.
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View profile →Like when you get the giggles in a room full of people where you should be quiet.
When I was a young girl in Sydney, I used to go running with my dad. I would wake him up at the crack of dawn and we had this route to the top of a golf course – we’d usually make it there for sunrise.
Being happy. I think that transcends the results of my matches, the so-called successes or failures. How would you like to be remembered? As someone who dedicated their life to what they were doing at the time. Right now, it’s tennis, but I want to have the same dedication for whatever I do after, whether it be motherhood or another career.
When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world’s number one tennis player.
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