Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
The fact that sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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Originally asked
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 certainly not going to tell it here.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2013 source ↗
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Conflict aversion.
Patience is not my forte.
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View profile →I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
Self-importance, arrogance.
My wife going on The Real Housewives of New York City.
In my sleep. And I don’t think about it. It’ll be what it’ll be.
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