217 answers answered between 1995 and 2026 one of 5 in 73 Questions
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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.
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It’s family, and it’s faith, and it’s friends, and it’s not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel Prize. All those are important, of course. But maybe it’s just that I’m 71 years old now. It’s family, and it’s faith, and it’s friends.
My sister-in-law and I are working towards the same goal, through different paths: the security of the human family.
Well, the best thing I ever did was marrying Rosalynn. That's the pinnacle of my life. And we've had 69 years together. Still together. And so that's the best thing that happened to me. But I think getting involved in politics and going up, you know, as a state senator, then governor, and then president of the United States is, obviously a glorious event. So - and we have a growing family. We have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren now and they're coming every year. So - so we have a good, harmonious family.
As a mayor who made London better for all Londoners, and as a good husband and dad.
As someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
As a broad who gave it a go.
As an aggressive bugger.
As a dad who was OK.
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.
As a good father.
As devastatingly talented, gorgeous and wise, but I’m not betting on it.
As a writer who took cheering up his listeners seriously.
As the billionaire philanthropist Anita Rani, who helped bring education to huge numbers of young women around the world.
As someone who delivered a bold and reforming Labour government, as a great dad and a great friend.
For making a difference.
As a decent bloke.
All our lives are little books - but they're not someone else's complete book. You're a chapter or a page or a footnote in someone else's life and they are going to keep writing beautiful chapters when you are gone. And those green shoots can grow around grief and put it in perspective. I hope people will think, "I'm glad I read that - Simon's story". And just because it's over, doesn't mean it's gone.
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