Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Being grateful for what you have.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What do you value most in your friends?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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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.
Being at peace with God.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗
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Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
Lying in one of two twin hammocks on an English lawn in June. A glass of something cool and vinous is balanced on my tummy. A speaker hanging above the tree plays Glenn Gould. A Wodehouse novel is spread-eagled on my chest. I will pick it up in a moment. Oh, the other hammock is occupied by my beloved husband.
Audra McDonald
Singer and actor
Being at home on a Sunday night with my husband, Will, and all of our children, eating chicken tikka masala and naan from our favorite restaurant.
A fireplace, a book, and a snowy day, with no possibility of getting into the office.
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View profile →Unselfishness. I like to surround myself with people who are kind and have feelings for others and their problems.
I don’t want to be lost and burn in hell.
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.
Selfishness—people who don’t care about others or their feelings and will do or say anything as long as they get what they want.
In Macon, Georgia, during my childhood. I knew everybody there—it was like the whole town was your family. I felt complete there.
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