If I could change one thing about myself, it would be to change the idea that I should change something about myself.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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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.
I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2012 source ↗
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if your proposed marriage contract has forty-seven pages, my suggestion is you not enter.
Nothin’. All my experiences, talents, wins, and L’s make me who I am today. I am constantly evolving, learning, and working toward not just being great, but also staying true to who I’ve always been—just a kid with a big dream from the LBC.
I would like to be more accepting of the faults of others.
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Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
Loyalty, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, reliability.
Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
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