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Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently, it was horrific.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗
The question
What is your greatest fear?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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View all 286 →The fact that, until recently, “the end of the world” would have seemed pretentious and evasive, and now seems like the only possible answer.
Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?
Either living up to or not living up to my potential.
When I was little, a couple of rapes took place in Glasgow. I remember my mum saying to walk in the middle of the pavement, and to this day I am very conscious of where I am.
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My 13-year-old self, for all the resentment.
Finding something that I love doing and getting paid for it.
With smile lines.
I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.
I have a habit of sabotaging the moment in pursuit of perfection.
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