Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
Balancing my inner and outer life.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 March 2016 source ↗
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Megan Rapinoe
United States international footballer, 2006–2023
I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?
I would care less about what people thought of me.
If I could change one thing about myself, it would be to change the idea that I should change something about myself.
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Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.
Malala Yousafzai, Martina Navratilova, Misty Copeland, and Hillary Clinton.
That they won’t let me hide.
Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
A bumpy flight … or driving with my son Sam, who drives great, but I still can’t believe he’s old enough.
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