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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.
Best to leave things alone. Pull things out, it all comes down. I’m Jenga like that.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 July 2023 source ↗
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Enough with the constant smiling.
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