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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗
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Chaka Khan
American singer
I am not afraid.
Sofia Coppola
American filmmaker and actress
Being stuck in a project that’s not challenging me, or true to my nature.
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View profile →Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
I’m defined as a very strong woman. I don’t identify myself with a specific figure, but I do greatly admire people who manage to persevere with humility through great difficulties.
The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
I would like to be less impulsive.
Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.
I don’t like false or opportunistic people.
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