John Waters
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As a funny guy who surprised you once in a while.
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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.
With an international holiday.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗
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Omid Djalili
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As a well-balanced and functioning thin man.
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Italian choreographer
That I did everything I had to and I never gave up!
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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Don’t overcook pasta.
A great composer. I wrote to Benjamin Britten to tell him this and that he was my third favourite composer. For some reason he didn’t feel moved to reply.
My paso doble on Strictly Come Dancing would be hard to beat.
Technically, Ibiza 1990, because of the amount of ecstasy I’d taken.
“I could never love you like that.”
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