Hans Zimmer
Film composer
A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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How would you like to die?
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What do you value most in your friends?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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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.
Convince myself that walking two miles a day isn’t boring.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 November 2012 source ↗
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Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
I wouldn’t change anything about myself. If you asked me 20 years ago, I probably would have had a long list. But I’ve learned to appreciate and love who I am.
I would like to be more accepting of the faults of others.
To be taller. I’ve been looking up at certain people all my life. If I was taller, I could look down and see them a lot better.
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Does it make a difference? You’re dead.
That they get it.
Being with my best friend, who’s a girl.
Guys who use the word “snot.”
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: if it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
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