Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
I'm trying to be more organized.
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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 were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2012 source ↗
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Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
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.
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View profile →Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Loyalty, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, reliability.
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
Not always standing up for myself enough.
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