As not being a total bollix.
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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.
Just to be remembered at all would be enough.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2018 source ↗
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Lionel Shriver
American author
As not having been tiresome.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
As a complex and brilliant man.
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
He came, he laughed, he left.
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