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If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing?
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Torbjørn Brundtland

Musician; one half of Röyksopp

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
I can see myself making this grand plan of finding everyone and telling them all how much I love them. However, instead I find myself in bed at 3pm and I’ve slept for half the day. I would probably make grand plans and then just oversleep. So I think it could go two ways. I could try and be generous and get together with the people that I’m close to and tell them all how much they mean to me. But at the same time that’s also really egocentric as I’m about to die and therefore the more I make them love me, the more pain they’ll be in. So I think I’ll skip that just because I’m selfless. So I’d go to my enemies and tell them how much I hate them all. I could be as rude to them as I want as I know that I’m going to have the last word anyway. But my enemy list isn’t that long and I wouldn’t be that cruel, just the odd harsh word and kick in the ass.

Clash, Last Day On Earth, 6 November 2009 source ↗

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Jake Shears Singer and songwriter; co-lead vocalist of Scissor Sisters
It would definitely involve lots of sex. I would spend the afternoon having some crazy passionate declarative sex with my husband.
Recorded Clash, Last Day On Earth, 29 June 2012 source ↗
Pelle Almqvist Singer; frontman of The Hives
Maybe I would want to spend time with my child, but there are more things I want to do, so let’s hold on that. I would like to get moderately drunk walking around in a city with all my friends. I would like to be surprised by who shows up. We’d drink beer and liquor, maybe some red wine too. We’d be mixing everything, and there’d be no hangover the next day anyway!
Recorded Clash, Last Day On Earth, 6 July 2012 source ↗
Cory Taylor Novelist and screenwriter
I move from my bed in my bedroom, to my sofa here in the living room, and basically I stay here and I'm fed delectables all day and that's about it.
Recorded Richard Fidler, ABC Radio National, bedside interview at her home in Brisbane, 6 July 2016 source ↗
Marcio Kogan Architect; founder of Studio MK27
I would have my last meal in my office – since I spend most of my time there. But to cook I’d invite the Riviera’s Argentine chef Luciano “Lucho” Nardelli. My guests would be the architects who have worked closely with me: Pedro Ribeiro, Diana Radomysler, Suzana Glogowski and Renata Furlanetto; we’re working on a fantastic project in Barcelona.
Recorded Monocle issue 76, September 2014, last-meal series source ↗

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