I would care less about what people thought of me.
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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.
To be taller. I’ve been looking up at certain people all my life. If I was taller, I could look down and see them a lot better.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗
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Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist
My inability to keep track of personal possessions.
I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.
Robert De Niro
Actor
I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
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In Macon, Georgia, during my childhood. I knew everybody there—it was like the whole town was your family. I felt complete there.
Unselfishness. I like to surround myself with people who are kind and have feelings for others and their problems.
Selfishness—people who don’t care about others or their feelings and will do or say anything as long as they get what they want.
Being at peace with God.
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