Adrian Dunbar
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Being a bit mean now and again, too impetuous, snappy, bit of a temper.
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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.
Procrastination.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗
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Courtney Pine
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I am not studious enough. I get easily distracted.
I have a child-like fear of being late. I’m a grown man, and I’m scared I’m going to the principal’s office.
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Weakness – not to be confused with sensitivity, which is a superpower.
When I was 18, I bought a boat for a million pounds and sold it a year later for just over half the price.
A barrister, a vet or a singer.
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