David Guetta
French DJ
As a nice person, I hope.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2017 source ↗
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What most recently made you cry?
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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.
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
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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.
Recorded Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 4, Today, as published by BBC News, 4 July 2024 source ↗
Armistead Maupin
American writer
As a kind man who told good stories.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗
Victoria Derbyshire
British broadcaster
As someone who cared.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 September 2021 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
A caravan. I was brought up going on caravan holidays – but we quickly realised that a double-axle caravan was too much of a commitment and sold it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
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