The exact median middle-aged black woman in the US. If hard work guaranteed success, she’d be the most successful person on the planet. But she isn’t, yet she keeps on going.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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How close have you come to death?
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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.
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Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
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Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep – all suffragettes, in their own way.
No one I can think of offhand.
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As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
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