My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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How close have you come to death?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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.
Mo Farah represents everything that’s great about our country.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Icelandic singer
I find most children quite inspiring.
Russell Howard
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Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
Shirley Manson
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.
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To my wife Saadiya, for interrupting too many evenings, weekends and family holidays with work.
As a mayor who made London better for all Londoners, and as a good husband and dad.
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I would have had more time with my dad before he passed away.
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