Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗
Believing in, even admiring, people who refuse to believe in me, and not believing people who do.
Time blindness.
I’d rather name one for someone else. I’m egomaniacal.
Impatience and vanity.
The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
I’m defined as a very strong woman. I don’t identify myself with a specific figure, but I do greatly admire people who manage to persevere with humility through great difficulties.
I would like to be less impulsive.
Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.
I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
I don’t like false or opportunistic people.
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