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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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How close have you come to death?
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What most recently made you cry?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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When were you happiest?
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Barack Obama. On a daily basis he faced racism, and I admire him for trying to push through that to better his nation.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 September 2021 source ↗
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When I was 17, I worked in a warehouse in Rotherham doing an audit of truck parts. I counted nuts and bolts all day long.
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