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The question
How would you want people to remember you?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.
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Gregg Wallace
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As the happy man who made happy television programmes.
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As somebody who tried.
Harry Redknapp
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As someone who had time for everybody.
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David Hockney, because he’s so experimental and creative. He continually reinvents himself in a really delightful way.
An overwhelming sensation of caring and passion.
Very recently, when a graduate at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology gave the most brilliant speech on behalf of the students at our first graduation.
I had no idea whatsoever, and nor did anyone else. I thought I’d go to art school and see whether I liked it – and of course I did, and stayed.
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