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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Two-faced phony-baloneys.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗
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An arbitrary contrarian.
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American comedian and TV host
Taking fucking forever. Can’t you see I’m waiting?
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View profile →I cut people off a lot when I talk. It’s a terrible habit.
Long walks with my husband. Being with my family. Making music, and writing when songs just fall together. And maybe a cannoli. Just one.
My son. He is a teenager.
At a function for the True Colors Fund, where formerly homeless gay and transgender kids were telling their stories. It was heartbreaking.
I’ve constantly been changing myself my whole life. I am what you would call “a piece of work” in progress.
A world where greed rules.
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