The question
What did you want to be when you were growing up?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
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Slovak environmental lawyer and later President of Slovakia; 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner
Myslím, že jsem ještě stále v procesu. Zvykám si na to.
N/A, Interview, ČT24, 19 June 2019 source ↗
I wanted to be a cooker. Not a cook: I wanted to actually be the stove.
A writer. Always.
A drummer in a famous band or an astronaut.
I wanted to make women’s clothing. I also said that I wanted to be an artist; I don’t think I ever said I wanted to be an actress, but I remember thinking that would be fun.
Ak niekto prejavuje lásku ku krajine, no zároveň šíri nenávisť voči iným ľuďom či skupinám, vnímam to ako falošné vlastenectvo.
Část lidí mi důvěřovat nebude. Musím to akceptovat, říká slovenská prezidentka Čaputová
The power of this victory rests on the fact that it’s about public participation; a critical step in getting the landfills shut down. It was a personal mission as both landfills are very close to houses, and the area has high cancer rates – this is what motivated us to start the campaign.
Jess Phillips, Barry Scheck, Zack Polanski, Robert Peston, Albie Sachs, Gloria Steinem
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