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As kind, unafraid and boldly vulnerable – and immensely talented, like, mega supernova level. And super hot. And tall. With great skin.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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Kwame Kwei-Armah
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As someone who cared about others.
Simone Biles
United States artistic gymnast
As a confident, inspirational and very bubbly person.
Bozoma Saint John
Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix
As the biggest, brightest, most bodacious badass that ever lived.
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Deciding what I wanted to do at 15 and, against all odds, doing it.
Can I say: maybe tomorrow?
A page from Jim Morrison’s final notebook – I bought it as a birthday gift for a friend.
Anyone I slept with before the age of 27, because I was a selfish, cold-ass bitch.
Heady, dizzying, magical. Time stops.
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