I’m terribly impatient.
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The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2016 source ↗
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My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
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My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
My intense self-loathing.
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I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
That they won’t let me hide.
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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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