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Originally asked
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 healthy. Sometimes we don’t know that we’re not healthy because we’re not going to the doctor—like me, when I first discovered I had diabetes years ago.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗
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A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
Everybody around me is happy, my spirit is right, and just nothing but peace and tranquility in the building.
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COVID-19 and how it’s affecting everyone. Also, I’m afraid of not knowing when I’ll be able to perform in front of people again and enjoy an audience.
Being too open and generous to those who don’t deserve it.
Having fun with my sisters back in the day. I miss playing cards and fighting over crabs with them every weekend.
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