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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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.
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.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2025 source ↗
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My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
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Oh, I have a long list. You should ask me what I like about myself—that list is much shorter.
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That I’ll become a recluse with too many dogs.
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