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My wife dying. I wouldn’t know how to go on.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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Felicity Jones
British actress
Not enough food in the fridge.
Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
To lose the ability to do my work.
Not being loved.
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The most intensive and beautiful golden sunlight. It’s the strongest force in the universe.
Impatience. My dad said I was born in a hurry.
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I was a Harrods store detective for a day. I was so bad at it, one of the other detectives thought I looked suspicious and reported me.
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