I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
The exact question was part of every retrieved Vox 9 Questions installment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The US election showed me that I had trapped myself in wishful thinking.
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