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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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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.

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I’m not going to change anything about myself. I am happy and blessed with what God gave me, and I really have nothing to complain about.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 April 2021 source ↗
I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗
I wish I always had the right word in the right moment at the right time and not two hours later in my car going home.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2025 source ↗

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Question What does everyone in your world seem to agree on that you think is wrong? Values & belief
I can understand if you think that I'm disrespecting the flag by kneeling, but it is because of my utmost respect for the flag and the promise it represents that I have chosen to demonstrate in this way. When I take a knee, I am facing the flag with my full body, staring straight into the heart of our country's ultimate symbol of freedom — because I believe it is my responsibility, just as it is yours, to ensure that freedom is afforded to everyone in this country.
Recorded First-person essay, The Players' Tribune, 6 October 2016 source ↗

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