Kirsty Wark
Scottish journalist and television presenter
People in their 80s who are still volunteering and giving to the community.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
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Audra McDonald
Singer and actor
Meghan Markle. I don’t know how she continues to walk through this world with the grace, strength, and purpose that she does given the unbearable amount of vitriol and hate she has been subjected to, but she does. I wish she didn’t have to.
Vicky McClure
English actress
Paul Irons, the deputy head at my school, Fernwood comprehensive. He was an inspiration, and still is.
Marina Abramović
Performance artist
His holiness the Dalai Lama and his ability to forgive.
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Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
That my baseball team, Baltimore Orioles, is always in the basement.
My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
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