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Punctuality (outside of work, of course).
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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.
My need to be liked.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2024 source ↗
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Very impatient, bossy, always late.
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I dislike my relationship with food. I wish I didn’t love food so much.
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Forgetting things.
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Art: a James McQueen piece that says, “It’s all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits.” It’s in our bathroom.
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