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As having been loving and fun.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 March 2021 source ↗
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How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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Harlan Coben
American author
With a wistful smile.
Sonya Yoncheva
Opera singer
Oh, yes, absolutely. I have two children, and often I think about them and how when I’m gone, they will be here listening to an old CD of mine, thinking, “At least I can I can hear her voice.” I think this is very charming. It’s very nice. And then, of course, I also think about the other generations of opera singers coming behind me… It’s so important that they can have a real testimony of how it was in our ears. I think that what stands the test of time is really the memory of people hearing us singing somewhere.
By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
As the dark-haired bird from Bananarama.
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A blurred, warm state of total acceptance and joy.
A mum, an airline stewardess or an artist.
To Sophie, for not being a better parent.
A trip to a Macedonian refugee camp that I switched out of, to go at a later date. Those who took my place were killed in a horrific car accident.
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