Fear is for frightened people. I’m not one of those.
What is your greatest fear?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not getting into heaven.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2014 source ↗
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Rosie Jones
British comedian and actress
Not being liked.
That this is all there is, and there is no more.
Carrie Fisher
Actor and writer
A bad death . . . fast or slow.
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My grandson, for taking such wonderful care of me in my old age.
Living in the Caribbean during the 60s and 70s with such lovely people.
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