Bryn Terfel
Welsh bass-baritone singer
Unfriendliness.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Lack of self-criticism.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2014 source ↗
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Tchaikovsky's 1812, sung by Barry Manilow.
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