A calm and peaceful mind, landing a joke, being the name right after “And the winner is…”
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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When were you happiest?
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What is your greatest fear?
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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.
It’s never going to be absolutely perfect. There will always be something you would change if you could.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2003 source ↗
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Right here, right now.
My lips are sealed.
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