Being able to share a confidence.
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
That they won’t let me hide.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 March 2016 source ↗
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View all 65 →Compassion. Wisdom. Wit. The delicate balance of knowing when I need tough love and when I need support. Plus, call me crazy, but I’m also partial to friends who don’t surreptitiously record our calls.
A sense of humor and/or the ability to use a toilet correctly.
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Loyalty, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, reliability.
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Malala Yousafzai, Martina Navratilova, Misty Copeland, and Hillary Clinton.
Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.
I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
When I’m extremely old during a huge family celebration where everyone is playing games and giving pre-written toasts … to me.
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