To lose the ability to do my work.
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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.
Rodents – including the tiniest mouse.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2022 source ↗
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Dolly Parton
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Flipping my wig.
Sharon Corr
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Not fulfilling my potential.
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View profile →The supreme court. Specifically the case Bush v Gore, which is where Sandra Day O’Connor – one person – decided the presidential election.
The moment I realised I knew how to read. I was five.
I’ve been awake almost my entire life. I have had insomnia since I was a child.
That I’ve never killed anyone – and I’ve been tempted numerous times. My other achievement is that I went to Australia, which meant I was on a plane without smoking for almost 24 hours, and I didn’t kill anyone on that flight.
I just hate to work, so I can’t choose one.
At the moment, Ukraine’s president.
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