Gavin Rossdale
British musician
Funny and generous.
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Craft & work
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Daily life
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What is the worst job you have done?
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What most recently made you cry?
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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.
Just remembered, really.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗
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Anita Rani
British broadcaster and journalist
As the billionaire philanthropist Anita Rani, who helped bring education to huge numbers of young women around the world.
As someone who was kind.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
American artist and activist
For the service I gave to the black folk.
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Not being active in my own desires.
I was very proud of doing Falstaff, because it seemed to go well.
The third or fourth glass of wine.
Picking tiny bits of glass out of long grass for Haringey council, 45 years ago.
Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.
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