Julian Lennon
English musician, photographer, and philanthropist
Fear, anxiety and panic attacks.
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What most recently made you cry?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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When were you happiest?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Feeling and being unfocused.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗
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Deplore is a heavy word. I don’t deplore it but I constantly feel the pull of my old Midwestern ways of eating. Boy, can I put some pancakes away.
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The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
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If hoarding and procrastination were Olympic sports, I’d have at least 70 gold medals.
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I teared up when I did a voiceover for my memoir while talking about my mother-in-law, whom I adored and miss so much.
Being at our beach house with my family in the Bahamas.
A Human Touch massage chair in every house.
My husband, who always seems to have everything in control and is so consistent.
At each of my sons’ weddings.
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