Kim Gordon
American musician and artist
As a generous soul.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing?
Death & what remains
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.
I don’t care if I am remembered or not.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗
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John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
As an aggressive bugger.
As someone who did what he could with what he had.
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Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.
Dying of the same awful disease that took my mother – a particularly aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s disease.
My dog’s trust in me.
Myself. I have never been harder on anyone else.
By the sea. I would like to be on the beach in Kerala, I would like to be on the beach at Yellowcraigs in Scotland, and then at a really good table, drinking really good wine, eating delicious food, and discussing things I am passionate about with people that I am passionate about.
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