Carlos Acosta
Cuban ballet dancer
As someone who made a difference.
What would you like to be remembered for?
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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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.
Other people can decide.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗
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Julia Ormond
English actress
As having been loving and fun.
Simon Boas
Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
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.
Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
Someone happy and cheeky who tried to change perceptions.
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I would take away fear.
Receiving a letter saying I didn’t get into drama school. I felt like Billy Elliot. It was a crushing moment.
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