Identity & self

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

57 answers answered between 1991 and 2025 one of 5 in The Proust Questionnaire

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

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Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
I deeply regret not having learned a musical instrument. And I regret not having focused more on Spanish when I was studying it in school. I would love to be able to speak Spanish fluently and play an instrument.
Recorded Barbara Walters, ABC News 20/20, broadcast 23 December 2011, 22 December 2011 source ↗
Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
I'm trying to be more organized.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗
Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser
I would love to have a good memory. I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 September 2020 source ↗
How my PTSD manifests—it feels like being the only ballerina in the company saddled with a 100-pound backpack and told to go out onstage and still be graceful.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 August 2021 source ↗

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