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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.
Procrastinating. I saved answering this questionnaire until the very last minute.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 September 2025 source ↗
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View all 57 →If I could change one thing about myself, it would be to change the idea that I should change something about myself.
I wish I always had the right word in the right moment at the right time and not two hours later in my car going home.
I’m not going to change anything about myself. I am happy and blessed with what God gave me, and I really have nothing to complain about.
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