Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 source ↗
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I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.
Not listening to me.
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Oprah Winfrey. She always does the right thing—even when no one is looking.
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
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