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Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.
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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.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2024 source ↗
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Gloria Steinem.
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If emergency train announcements were written up on the information screen. The times I ended up at the wrong destination could easily have been avoided.
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My dad’s family, for fake drowning when I was 12 on holiday in France – it caused such embarrassment that we had to leave. All because I wanted to get the inflatable ring off my brother. It still haunts me. I guess acting was always going to be my future.
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