I would like to be more accepting of the faults of others.
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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.
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My inability to have a long-term intimate relationship.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 October 2009 source ↗
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View all 57 →Thinking that I am not enough or not beautiful the way I am. That thinking is super-dangerous.
I’d like to increase my brain’s computing speed.
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I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
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The tendency to withdraw into myself.
Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.
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