Filippo Grandi, United Nations Refugee Agency high commissioner.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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.
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Pope Francis, who left the Vatican to wash the feet of non-believers.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2015 source ↗
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British stand-up comedian and actor
The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.
Boris Becker
German tennis player, coach, and commentator
My sporting hero, Muhammad Ali.
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View profile →I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.
I went overboard on the money I invested in the production of Allegiance. It did not return, but it was fulfilling that I was able to tell a story that’s dear.
As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
One great big artistic challenge.
As a teenager I told my father, “You led us into the camp like sheep to slaughter.” I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.
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