Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
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In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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 don’t think about my greatest fear.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗
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Chaka Khan
American singer
I am not afraid.
To overcook that plate of fettuccine.
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.
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But these days, if I have to choose between building my tennis résumé and building my family, I choose the latter.
My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.
I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don't think it's fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn't be writing this because I'd be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.
Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
I wouldn’t change anything about myself. If you asked me 20 years ago, I probably would have had a long list. But I’ve learned to appreciate and love who I am.
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