My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.
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What is your greatest fear?
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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.
I would like to be more accepting of the faults of others.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 22 January 2013 source ↗
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Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.
Hans Zimmer
Film composer
A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
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A willingness to go with my gut feeling, rather than wait a day and contemplate other options.
Sitting in a living room with my sister, Pat Thaler, and her seven grandchildren and just talking with them. They range in age from 9 to 21 years old.
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