406 answers answered between 1985 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A
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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.
Public figures who have answered a question like this elsewhere. Quoted from the source shown, not written for FLAPSS.
You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid. Not only was he one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.
I really appreciate the fact, and I constantly tell Reverend Jackson and Reverend Sharpton that I appreciate the fact that they're fighting for us, because I am an accident of birth.
Annie Lennox - she's a private woman with integrity.
Aung San Suu Kyi: an extraordinary humanitarian fighting for democracy in a Burmese dictatorship.
Bill Drummond, Thomas Bangalter and Jay-Z.
My parents, for still being in love after 40 years.
Mum and Dad, for staying true to their love; sister, for combining integrity and humour; brother, for never being afraid; and my best mate, for showing true loyalty.
My mom. She has been a fashion designer and run a catering business.
In 2010 there are slim pickings.
Elvira, the lady that took care of me when my parents weren't able to be there. She dedicated her whole life to me and my brother and my sister. Now I take care of her.
Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
My grandad for having the courage always to be himself.
Amber, my aunt, and her boyfriend, Gian Luigi Valino – he has primary lateral sclerosis and she cares for him.
My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.
Harry apart, Michael Fassbender, because his acting is beyond my comprehension and I find him absolutely fearless and inspirational.
This is kind of cheesy, but my mum.
It's not a competition.
There are far too many to choose.
Dolly Parton – she worked her way up from nothing.
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