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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your greatest fear?
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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.
Again, not gonna change anything about myself. I’ve really learned to appreciate everything. Okay, maybe I’d be taller. How about that?
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 September 2023 source ↗
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The age. I would like to be 30 years old now.
I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.
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To let fear overcome my life. We’re not gonna let that happen because love is always greater than fear.
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