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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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 phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2023 source ↗
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Tim Peake
British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut
Shyness. It really held me back when I was younger, and I wish it hadn’t. I do a better job of not being so shy these days.
Carl Barât
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Fear and all of its consequences.
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Really? Okay, if I have enough time I might go to Switzerland and drink the drink. I believe in euthanasia. What we do for our beloved pets, we should be able to do for our beloved humans or ourselves.
A balmy, moonlit evening in Key West. George and I are enjoying a pasta dinner on the balcony overlooking the ocean. Ella Fitzgerald is singing in the background.
That we’re going down the tubes as a country (make that the whole world).
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