Samuel West
British actor, theatre director, and narrator
As someone who gave it a go.
What would you like to be remembered for?
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What would you like to leave your children?
Death & what remains
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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.
Through rose-tinted spectacles.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2024 source ↗
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Jane Birkin
Singer, songwriter, actor
Not at all! I don’t think that you can really choose what people will like, or say, or even remember about you. I mean, my God, probably the Birkin bag will be known. … If I look myself to find out the date of something — and the first thing that pops up is that bloody bag! I think it’ll be “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus,” when I go feet first, that’ll be the tune they’ll play on the television, and then talk about the bag
Alex Jones
American far-right conspiracy theorist
As a good friend, somebody people could rely on, somebody who liked a bit of a laugh, and as a good mother.
As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.
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Having a family and still loving each other.
Slugs. And planetary annihilation.
Ultimately, a bigger hallway.
Go back to where you came from.
As little rubbish to sort through as possible.
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