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Just remembered will do.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗
The question
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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John Malkovich
American actor
By my friends as hopefully someone who was a good friend, or at least amusing, but I don’t need to be remembered by people I don’t know.
Lauren Laverne
English radio DJ, and television presenter
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
He came, he laughed, he left.
Clive James
Critic, essayist, poet and broadcaster
It’s here. I’ve always thought that it was here. If you play to the gallery, that’s posterity. The best you can hope for is another gallery after you’ve gone, but you won’t see it. Statistically, it’s unlikely that much of what one does will be read for ever. It may just be one or two poems. For example, my Japanese Maple poem is famous among people who own a Japanese maple.
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A librarian. Or a racing driver for Ferrari F1.
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