I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 March 2016 source ↗
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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?Originally asked
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Melissa Etheridge
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Again, not gonna change anything about myself. I’ve really learned to appreciate everything. Okay, maybe I’d be taller. How about that?
Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.
How my PTSD manifests—it feels like being the only ballerina in the company saddled with a 100-pound backpack and told to go out onstage and still be graceful.
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Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
When I’m extremely old during a huge family celebration where everyone is playing games and giving pre-written toasts … to me.
Malala Yousafzai, Martina Navratilova, Misty Copeland, and Hillary Clinton.
That they won’t let me hide.
Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.
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