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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Losing the people that I love.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
Am I enjoying it too much to find out?
A receding hairline.
Nothing. I survived a cancer scare at 60, so I am just overjoyed to be here.
I’m actually looking forward to getting older.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
Redemption. People can be redeemed, goals can be redeemed.
When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
Dancing on stage with an open fly.
An accounting is given of our lives. Did you give more than you’ve taken? Hurt more people than you’ve helped?
Jon Snow, Shobna Gulati, Imogen Poots, Rosalind Eleazar, Mark Radcliffe, Alex Lawther
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