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Just remembered, really.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 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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Lionel Shriver
American author
As not having been tiresome.
Carlos Acosta
Cuban ballet dancer
As someone who made a difference.
Meghan Trainor
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She was a fun, silly girl who wrote positive songs that helped others – and she was a good mama.
Andy Serkis
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Preferably not as the guy who played Gollum.
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The third or fourth glass of wine.
Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.
I was very proud of doing Falstaff, because it seemed to go well.
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