Discretion and love of New Orleans—my favorite city. These two go hand in hand.
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your greatest fear?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2013 source ↗
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That they’re my friends. I trust them and they trust me.
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I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
I don’t like false or opportunistic people.
Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.
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