To be eaten by a shark.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Charles Dance
British actor
Never working again.
To be abandoned.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer and songwriter
I have a mild fear of not being appreciative enough for the luck that has come my way. That’s about it.
Being on my deathbed and realising I’d forgotten to treat each day as the miracle that it is.
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Eternal happiness.
My difficulty to forgive.
Long hair, big nose, large ass.
That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.
That my nose and chin will touch.
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