Carl Barât
English musician
Fear and all of its consequences.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is your greatest fear?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Their frankness and honesty.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 1999 source ↗
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Julian Lennon
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Ghosting, where you are mid-conversation with someone and they disappear off the face of the planet.
Manipulative greed and hate.
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Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
Selfishness and no respect for the others.
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