Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being at home, watching a good movie with my husband. Dining out with good friends.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2020 source ↗
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Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Being grateful for what you have.
When, as a university freshman, I would go to the ocean in the summer and free-dive all day long.
Elmore Leonard
Novelist and screenwriter
Being with my best friend, who’s a girl.
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View profile →My tendency to worry about the future if there’s nothing you can do about it.
Bigotry. Narcissism.
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