Abi Morgan
Welsh playwright and screenwriter
Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep – all suffragettes, in their own way.
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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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Buddhist monk Tapa Snim I met in Burma in 2007, all of whose earthly possessions he carried in a small bundle slung on one shoulder.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2013 source ↗
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Dominic Cooper
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Clive Stafford Smith, for his incredible work with the Reprieve charity.
I’m astounded by the young activists, ecologists, poets, movement leaders, peaceful marchers, change makers everywhere. It’s like watching a garden bloom.
Elisabeth Moss
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This is kind of cheesy, but my mum.
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The death of my father in May 1995.
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