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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Discrimination, for any reason.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2019 source ↗
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When people are disingenuous.
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No contest: seeing my grandchildren enjoying each other.
That I would have focused more on languages.
When I was raising my children.
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