Rafael Nadal
Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
I don’t think I have one in particular. I am pretty calm. Just some small things that I better not comment on :-).
What is your greatest fear?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
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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.
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The greatest fear I can remember is coming back from WW II and being amazed that I was more afraid to audition for a job than I was flying 52 missions.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2021 source ↗
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Charles Dance
British actor
Never working again.
I’m most afraid that someday I’m going to be on an airplane and it’s going to be acting the way I don’t want it to.
Being unprepared.
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Dishonesty and insincerity.
Waking up in the morning is as perfect as anything gets.
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