The Dalai Lama.
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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.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2019 source ↗
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View all 409 →I look up to people such as Andre Agassi who use their fame as a pedestal for causes. He was great to me early on in my career.
My mother. She raised four children pretty much on her own. My father was around, but always out at work.
The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.
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View profile →To place faith over facts.
They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.
Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
A world destroyed by science-denying mediocrity.
A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
Showing off onstage, with everyone laughing and applauding.
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