To be so cold that I am not able to sleep.
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being on a plane that is about to crash.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2021 source ↗
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Fear is for frightened people. I’m not one of those.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
English actor
It’s actually people knowing how fearful I am.
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View profile →From a professional standpoint, it didn’t get any better than achieving our ultimate goal, whether that meant six NBA championships in eight years, or two Olympic gold medals. But I’m more low-key than people realize. Give me an evening with family or friends, and I’m good.
Cooking dinner and hanging out with my kids.
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