Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player
As someone that loved what they did, embraced it wholeheartedly and never quit.
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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.
For being genuine.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2016 source ↗
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Lil Nas X
American rapper
Whichever way people perceive me, but hopefully something good-leaning or neutral.
Jane Birkin
Singer, songwriter, actor
Not at all! I don’t think that you can really choose what people will like, or say, or even remember about you. I mean, my God, probably the Birkin bag will be known. … If I look myself to find out the date of something — and the first thing that pops up is that bloody bag! I think it’ll be “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus,” when I go feet first, that’ll be the tune they’ll play on the television, and then talk about the bag
More from Ray Mears
View profile →While tracking wolves in Idaho, we came across a wolf carcass. It was likely the pack had been poisoned in a deliberate act. I am a hunter, but I respect wildlife and I also respect predators.
My wife, Ruth, because she holds the fort, making it possible for me to do what I do.
Right now. I live in the present.
The sound of nightingales, but it is the most lovely sound. If someone said it was an elf playing a flute, I would believe them.
In a helicopter crash in Wyoming in 2005. My cameraman broke his back and both legs; the pilot broke his back. The helicopter didn’t catch fire, so I’m still here today.
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