Emma Bunton
British singer
As a good person who was kind, funny, and a little bit naughty.
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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.
As a wonderful husband and a great father, and somebody who inspired others to pursue their own dreams, like Fred Astaire inspired me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗
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Patrisse Khan-Cullors
American artist and activist
For the service I gave to the black folk.
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.
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
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.
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Ben Tiggelaar, Forward Thinking Leadership, Amsterdam, Ben Tiggelaar, 28 September 2018
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Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.
Convincing my wife to marry me and have children with me.
I was a door-to-door carpet-cleaning salesman. I thought my life was going to end, so I binned that after a day.
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