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With tenderness.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2016 source ↗
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How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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As a complex and brilliant man.
Gregg Wallace
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As the happy man who made happy television programmes.
As a great songwriter.
Through a series of mistakes in write-ups, I’d like to be remembered for something like being Britain’s finest downhill skier or inventing pickled onions.
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