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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗
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I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.
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