Pauline McLynn
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I talk over people all the time.
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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.
I’m disorganized.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 source ↗
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Meghan Trainor
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My self-criticism.
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It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
Close friends, spectacular food, gorgeous weather, and interesting conversation!
I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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