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As a singer who did everything her way, no compromise.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
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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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Michael Stipe
American singer
As kind, unafraid and boldly vulnerable – and immensely talented, like, mega supernova level. And super hot. And tall. With great skin.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
As a complex and brilliant man.
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
When I am on my deathbed, and I am thinking back on my life, I am absolutely certain that the thing I will be thinking about is holding my daughters' hands and taking them to the park. It will not be some speech I gave or some legislation that I passed. I am positive about that. And so if you keep that in mind, then you have to invest accordingly.
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Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish comedian and actor
I’d like a manoeuvre called after me, in the way Heimlich has.
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Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.
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Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
A travel agent, so I could see the world.
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