Carrie Fisher
Actor and writer
My inability to have romantic relationships.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What is the hardest thing that has happened to you, and what did you carry out of it?
Failure & regret
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere, what would it say and why?
Time & hindsight
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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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.
I'm trying to be more organized.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗
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Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
Balancing my inner and outer life.
Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist
My inability to keep track of personal possessions.
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Biting my nails.
Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
They treat me as a regular person.
Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?
I hate it when my little brothers don't close their mouths when they're eating.
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