Edith Bowman
Scottish radio DJ and television presenter
As a nice person who always put others before myself. I’d also like my own posthumous tartan.
What would you like to be remembered for?
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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.
As someone who was happy, silly and went out there, unafraid, and did what she wanted to do.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2022 source ↗
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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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Christopher Eccleston
English actor
As a loving father.
Cheryl Strayed
Author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things
As much as my writing is so important to me and it’s the work I’m here to do, by far the more important thing to me is the people I love.
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View profile →My books. There’s no greater feeling than a disabled child coming up to me and saying, “I’ve never seen myself in a book before.”
“You’re not funny.” I fully understand why my comedy might not be right for everyone, but don’t tell me, get on with your day!
Not being liked.
One time I got so drunk in the Soho theatre in London that I fell asleep in the disabled toilet for two hours. People still call the toilet Rosie’s Bedroom.
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