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How would you want people to remember you?

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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.

JB
Jane Birkin

Singer, songwriter, actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Not at all! I don’t think that you can really choose what people will like, or say, or even remember about you. I mean, my God, probably the Birkin bag will be known. … If I look myself to find out the date of something — and the first thing that pops up is that bloody bag! I think it’ll be “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus,” when I go feet first, that’ll be the tune they’ll play on the television, and then talk about the bag

The Talks, 18 November 2020 source ↗

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Lleyton Hewitt Australian professional tennis player
As someone who got the absolute most out of themselves.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 July 2016 source ↗

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