Being on a plane that is about to crash.
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I was little, a couple of rapes took place in Glasgow. I remember my mum saying to walk in the middle of the pavement, and to this day I am very conscious of where I am.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗
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Totalitarianism in Europe.
Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
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View profile →Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.
Somebody wrote that my voice was more numbing than novocaine.
Not being in pain – I have back problems and had shoulder surgery just before Christmas and there isn’t a day that goes by when I am not in pain.
Schemes. I hate schemers.
Going on stage and saying, “Good evening Lyon!” I was in Marseille.
Uncontrollable, wonderful.
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