Gayle King
Broadcaster
I’m disorganized.
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
Taste & recommendation
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’m a bit of a pleaser.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗
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Craig Charles
English actor
Cowardice. There are so many issues that I would like to express opinions about but I’m too scared to stick my head above the parapet because of the social media pile-on.
My ability to invariably say exactly the wrong thing in any given situation.
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When my son was born. Actually, probably a month after, when I got over the enormous responsibility of being a mum.
Ulysses (I’ve only read the good bits).
Things change.
Never making it into a Sondheim musical.
As good enough.
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