I would erase my fear of dying, but I suppose that would be erasing some of my human condition.
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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.
Balancing my inner and outer life.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 September 2022 source ↗
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Patti Smith
Musician, poet and photographer
I would love to have a better sense of physical balance.
Megan Rapinoe
United States international footballer, 2006–2023
I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?
Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
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Being out in a gorgeous natural setting with time to enjoy.
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In my sleep in my 90s, after a great gig.
Arrogance and entitlement.
When I’m self-involved or insensitive to others.
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