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

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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Patti LaBelle

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Being too open and generous to those who don’t deserve it.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗

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Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want

So for years I kept calling myself an entrepreneur until one day I realized like, wait a second, this is expired! Like somebody who is an athlete in high school can’t keep calling himself an athlete forever.

Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 23 April 2023 source ↗

Megan Rapinoe United States international footballer, 2006–2023

I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 August 2020 source ↗

David Hyde Pierce

I would be a better, faster, and more faithful writer of letters and e-mails, and returner of phone calls.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2017 source ↗

Henry Winkler

My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 August 2018 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

COVID-19 and how it’s affecting everyone. Also, I’m afraid of not knowing when I’ll be able to perform in front of people again and enjoy an audience.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2020 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Having fun with my sisters back in the day. I miss playing cards and fighting over crabs with them every weekend.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2020 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Being healthy. Sometimes we don’t know that we’re not healthy because we’re not going to the doctor—like me, when I first discovered I had diabetes years ago.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗

Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

Honesty. Tell me the truth, even if it hurts.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗

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