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Never working again.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
That injustice, ignorance, and fascism win.
Robert Glenister
English actor
Premature demise.
Lack of purpose.
Being confined in a straitjacket.
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My ex-wife, for the way I behaved towards the end of our marriage.
Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.
Comforting, uplifting, all consuming.
To still be working.
Realising what I wanted to do as a career – aged about 22.
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