Gillian Anderson
American actress and writer
Obama, because against all odds, he's getting the job done with grace and integrity.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What are you most proud of?
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Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Any person trying to uplift mankind.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2012 source ↗
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American novelist
It's not a competition.
Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
I think that Jay Powell in when, when the epidemic broke out, I think he acted in March of 2020 and I think if he'd waited two or three weeks, it would have been a disaster. Once the dominoes start toppling, they just start toppling and, and, and, and that line is shorter than anybody thinks, and it topples faster. And I think he did exactly the right thing, and he, he did it even stronger than Volker did. You know, I mean, he, he and Volker are my heroes at the Fed.
Recorded
Becky Quick, CNBC “Squawk Box”, recorded in Omaha; CNBC's own transcript of its own broadcast, 31 March 2026
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Singing onstage—and everyone walking around me saying, “Look how happy she looks.”
A big loaded baked potato and a good book with time to eat it and read it.
Flipping my wig.
Well, I’m proud of all of them. I think the one that’s most personal to me is the lil’ Coat of Many Colors, because it talks about my mom, my parents, and kind of gives you an insight. It also covers bullying, acceptance and all that.
Recorded
Guardian reader “VerulamiumParkRanger”; as told to Rich Pelley, Guardian reader interview, The Guardian, 31 October 2024
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The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
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