Lily Tomlin
Comedian and actor
That they’re my friends. I trust them and they trust me.
What do you value most in your friends?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
That they don’t die on me.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 January 2003 source ↗
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