Alice Waters
Chef, restaurateur and food activist
My discomfort with being alone.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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When were you happiest?
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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.
That I would have focused more on languages.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2019 source ↗
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Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
I wouldn’t change anything about myself. If you asked me 20 years ago, I probably would have had a long list. But I’ve learned to appreciate and love who I am.
I would like to be less impulsive.
Robert De Niro
Actor
I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
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I’m not into self-deploring.
When I was raising my children.
The current occupant of the White House.
My husband, Paul, who is an enabler of the exuberance of his wife and five kids.
Discrimination, for any reason.
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