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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’m disorganized.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 source ↗
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Procrastination.
I can be a huge asshole, not very nice. Doesn’t happen very often, but when it happens, it’s not attractive.
Impatience and vanity.
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I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
Close friends, spectacular food, gorgeous weather, and interesting conversation!
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Oprah Winfrey. She always does the right thing—even when no one is looking.
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