As someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 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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Ray Mears
British woodsman and TV presenter
For being genuine.
Not for a long time.
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As one of the greatest entertainers.
Robert Carlyle
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As an honest man.
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I haven’t done it yet.
I would love to have a good memory. I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.
Being a salesgirl in a baby shop where the others said things like, “He’s Jewish, but she’s American.” Also, after college, being a waitress in London, and trying to make change in the old money of shillings and pence.
Sometimes when I’m on a plane, as I often am, the weather is rough and we’re worried about going down. I think: If I hold the hand of the person next to me, I’ll be holding everyone’s hand. Like my dear friend, the late Wilma Mankiller, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, I want to know: I’m going to the other side of the mountain.
Dying just a millisecond before I was about to say something I really wanted the people I love to hear.
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