Clothes moths (and the imminent threat of world war three).
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Personal: health. Globally: nuclear weapons.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2011 source ↗
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Matthew Modine
American actor
Having a great fear.
Every actor has the same fear – ie, you’re never going to work again.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball player and author
Years ago, before I had my current manager, I was taken advantage of by people I’d trusted with my finances. That’s made me especially sensitive to the prospect of financial ruin. I’m constantly advising young athletes to be vigilant when it comes to whom you trust with your finances.
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Any cancer survivor.
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