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The concept of eternity.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Rafael Nadal
Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
I don’t think I have one in particular. I am pretty calm. Just some small things that I better not comment on :-).
Dying with a feeling of incompleteness.
Losing track (see above).
Romesh Ranganathan
English actor and comedian
My children ending up anything like me.
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I had spinal meningitis when I was 13.
I'd edit out all the wrong people I surrounded myself with socially and professionally whom I thought I had to tolerate.
To my 17-year-old daughter Isabella, whom I described in an interview last year as "keen on maths".
The concept of New Labour.
As a well-balanced and functioning thin man.
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