Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Icelandic singer
Merging with nature or merging with people.
When were you happiest?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When my friends and I were making Mean Streets, 1973.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗
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Camille Paglia
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Snorkelling for an hour with a comically disciplined and curiously attentive squadron of six, fat Caribbean reef squid off Mexico.
When George, Shirlie [the Wham! backing singer, whom Ridgeley dated] and I were knocking about as teenagers.
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I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.
Actually, I dislike dealing with schedules and logistics—mine and others’.
Laziness, wasting time. I’d like to be able to make films faster.
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