Daphne Guinness
British socialite
Gossip and backstabbing.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Impatience and temper. Enough already!
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2015 source ↗
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Hugh Grant
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Telling me the menu is only accessible through the QR code.
Arrogance and narcissism.
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When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
I went overboard on the money I invested in the production of Allegiance. It did not return, but it was fulfilling that I was able to tell a story that’s dear.
As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.
As a teenager I told my father, “You led us into the camp like sheep to slaughter.” I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.
There’s no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. Though I do have that dream that I walk out onto the stage nude. Does that count?
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