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Originally asked
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.
Humor and honesty. And, like me, they always think the unnecessary last drink is a great idea.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2020 source ↗
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Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
They treat me as a regular person.
They want nothing but friendship.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball player and author
Loyalty. Not fawning, but a loyalty based on our shared love and history that fosters compassion and forgiveness.
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View profile →I can understand if you think that I'm disrespecting the flag by kneeling, but it is because of my utmost respect for the flag and the promise it represents that I have chosen to demonstrate in this way. When I take a knee, I am facing the flag with my full body, staring straight into the heart of our country's ultimate symbol of freedom — because I believe it is my responsibility, just as it is yours, to ensure that freedom is afforded to everyone in this country.
Even more simply, you can ask yourself this question: "Do I truly care about equality for all people in this country?" If the answer is yes, then demand to be a better, more educated, more empathetic version of yourself. And demand the same of every single person you know.
I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?
I am kneeling because I have to do something. Anything. We all do.
“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” —Emma Lazarus. Perfect happiness exists only in my imagination at the moment.
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