I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.
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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.
Stealing from the elderly and then acting real cocky about it.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗
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That I take this questionnaire too seriously and reveal my crimes and misdemeanors, or I treat this questionnaire too flippantly and bring shame to the House of Proust.
A love of laughter and a shared belief that life is a dream.
People who can’t read my mind.
A good nap and a full house.
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