Maxine Peake
British actress
My grandad for having the courage always to be himself.
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Dr Denis Mukwege, because he is to sexualised violence against females what Mandela was to apartheid.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
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Kylie Minogue
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The amalgamation of my parents (OK, I know I'm cheating): together, they are an amazing combination of sensible and liberal. I couldn't imagine my life without their sacrifice and singular support.
Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter
Myself – why not?
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View profile →Dying just a millisecond before I was about to say something I really wanted the people I love to hear.
I behaved badly with two old lovers. Years later, when I took one to lunch to apologise, it made it worse.
I’ve had cancer three times, but never felt close to death except when I walked between parked cars on my street and a car sped past my nose.
First a horse rancher, then a dancer.
I’m walking down a street in New York, the sun is shining, I’m on my way to see friends who are chosen family—and I’ve just written a couple of pages that I like.
Being a salesgirl in a baby shop where the others said things like, “He’s Jewish, but she’s American.” Also, after college, being a waitress in London, and trying to make change in the old money of shillings and pence.
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