I talk too much.
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Originally asked
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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.
Procrastination.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗
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Tim Peake
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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.
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My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
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Cathy Rigby. She was really good in that stage version of Peter Pan. No joke.
Anywhere, during the 2 to 24 hours after a successful joke.
A glass of wine at sunset on Fire Island. / No homework.
Child, loss or damage thereof.
People who are proud of their ignorance.
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