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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗
The most unabashed joy I’ve ever felt was that first 24 hours of magic after our son was born in California last June.
When I was young and carefree, before I realised what the obstacles were that we face as black people. I was raised in a beautiful home with incredible parents. They allowed me to enjoy what it was to be a child.
Well, when in 1994 he was elected and I was given the privilege of introducing him to South Africa as our new president and to the world, I sort of whispered to God and said, “God, I don’t really mind now. I mean, if I die now, it would be almost the perfect moment.
When I changed the toner cartridge in my printer all on my own – that was a day of pure euphoria.
A sense of humor and/or the ability to use a toilet correctly.
Either living up to or not living up to my potential.
The way I allow myself to talk to myself.
Having a bunch of answers and getting to fill in the questions. With loved ones. While in Maui.
Entitlement or a lack of manners. Though I find they often flock together.
Michael Morpurgo, Ted Danson, Ben Okri, Ranulph Fiennes, Toyah Willcox, Doris Day
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