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Reading. And, in particular, reading on the deck of the cabin while my children play in the river below.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
Originally asked
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.
Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 October 2020 source ↗
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Floating on my back in the ocean.
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Those who put others first.
The desire to please. It’s a losing battle.
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