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As not having been tiresome.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 May 2016 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?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.
Others on this question
View all 213 →As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.
Not for a long time.
Philippa Perry
Psychotherapist and author
It’s probably a bit of an ask, but I’d like my latest book to stay in print. For ever.
Eve Ensler
American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist
As being useful.
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My own bad prose.
He knows who he is. I’ve apologised. I wish it made more difference.
I would have taken more drugs.
Getting exactly what I wanted.
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