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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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?Originally asked
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View all 53 →First of all, I’d like to stop complaining—I’m beginning to annoy myself. I would like to learn to read faster, however. Again, the rest I’ve learned to live with.
I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.
Danielle Steel
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I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
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I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
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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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