Daphne Guinness
British socialite
Aggression without provocation or consequences.
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗
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Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Dying in a plane crash and having somebody else get top billing.
Hugh Grant
Actor
The cat bowls. With the old cat food dried on like cement.
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Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.
Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.
When each of my three children was born.
The many nuns and priests who often work in the shadows, dedicating their lives to the service of others.
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