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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.
Overeating when stressed.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗
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Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.
I try too hard not to get things wrong.
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