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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Indecision and wishy-washiness.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗
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Being two-faced.
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Lack of compassion and arrogance.
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Right now, in the present. I have a short memory.
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