Emma Bunton
British singer
My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your greatest fear?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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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.
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My president, a heroic figure—also good- humored, pretty smart, elegant; and if the rest of the world thinks he typifies America, I don’t mind at all.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2009 source ↗
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Mary Berry
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. They are inspirational. They are going to take on a great responsibility and are preparing themselves for it.
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View profile →The night my daughter was born, New York, December 29, 1997. After she emerged and I held her in the palm of my hand, I walked around Manhattan in a stupor of happiness.
Self-denigration, an old strategy for extorting praise from people. (“I am a terrible person.” “No, you’re a wonderful person and we all love you.”)
That this is all there is, and there is no more.
To be wildly, desperately, carelessly, nakedly in love, of course. Crazy, obsessive love: brooding, baying at the moon, writing daily missives to the adored. Who wouldn’t want this? Even though the crash is painful.
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