Schemes. I hate schemers.
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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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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Self-importance, arrogance.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2013 source ↗
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People who do not love. If you are not loving, you are not living. Why wouldn’t you love? What’s the problem?
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Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
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My wife going on The Real Housewives of New York City.
I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
In my sleep. And I don’t think about it. It’ll be what it’ll be.
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