Being there through thin and thin. That’s friendship treasured.
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What is your greatest fear?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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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?
Values & belief
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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How would you like to die?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2016 source ↗
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Being able to share a confidence.
They want to leave the party the same time I do.
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Oprah Winfrey. She always does the right thing—even when no one is looking.
I’m disorganized.
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
Close friends, spectacular food, gorgeous weather, and interesting conversation!
I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
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