Being at home with Brian and the dogs.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your greatest fear?
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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.
Close friends, spectacular food, gorgeous weather, and interesting conversation!
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2016 source ↗
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David Hare
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I took Nicole out to dinner for the first time on 19 October, 1991. After that, everything changed.
Diane Keaton
Actor and director
A glass of red wine with ice.
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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
Oprah Winfrey. She always does the right thing—even when no one is looking.
I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
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