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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 not into self-deploring.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2019 source ↗
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Ed Harris
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Asking my wife questions that don't need to be asked.
Impulsivity. We end up in strange places, like right now – I am in the Middle East.
I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.
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My husband, Paul, who is an enabler of the exuberance of his wife and five kids.
That I would have focused more on languages.
The current occupant of the White House.
No contest: seeing my grandchildren enjoying each other.
Discrimination, for any reason.
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