Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
Jumping on the seats of a deserted carriage on a London-bound train from Canterbury in 1989.
What does love feel like?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What made you decide to stop something you were known for, and how did you know it was time?
Time & hindsight
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Like you can do anything.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2021 source ↗
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Overwhelming, discombobulating, irrational and unreasonable.
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
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Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
Taking time every day to read the Bible.
My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.
I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn't feel like a modern word to me. I've been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.
I don’t think about my greatest fear.
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