Something happening to one of my children.
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
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.
Not working and not being able to continue to live this lifestyle.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
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Losing my family.
Crashing in an aeroplane into an ocean at night.
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View profile →Scuba diving in Costa Rica. My stunt double and I were trying out some equipment that let us talk to each other and I ran out of air at 80ft - probably because I talked too much. I had to use his air. Then we were surrounded by sharks. It was scary.
When I was doing Knight Rider.
A new TV series.
Holding a grudge.
Selling fire alarms at 18 or 19.
My father, because he's a positive man with an enormous amount of compassion. My mother passed away four days ago.
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