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Sheer drops, like a precipice.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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Craig Charles
English actor
Losing my marbles.
Judy Blume
Novelist
That we’re going down the tubes as a country (make that the whole world).
Of choking on some food and having no one nearby to do the Heimlich maneuver.
Losing my virginity.
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Follow your dream and never give up, because it’s not over until the fat lady sings. Ride the adventure!
I don’t think anyone should deplore anything about themselves. You can always improve things, but by deploring you’re putting yourself on a losing streak.
That I did everything I had to and I never gave up!
Do you have 10 pages? Once, I was dancing in a costume that was like a corset. During a move, the corset ripped and exploded, and I had to carry on doing the number practically in my jockstrap.
I bought a Mercedes convertible brand new in 2016 and I’ve only done 4,000 miles. I love cars – if I’m going to blow it, it’ll be on a sports car. I already have my eyes on the next one – I’ll get Simon Cowell to buy it.
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