Always saying yes to people. For example, I’m doing this.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What do you value most in your friends?
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What is the hardest thing that has happened to you, and what did you carry out of it?
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What is your greatest fear?
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere, what would it say and why?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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.
Biting my nails.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2019 source ↗
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The inability to laugh before 11 a.m.
Patience is not my forte.
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Laziness. After 30 years of being a disciplined athlete with an intensely tight schedule, I still can’t forgive myself for letting things slide.
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I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.
Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?
I'm trying to be more organized.
Women in leadership positions in every field who are using their advantages to inspire younger women.
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