Nothin’. All my experiences, talents, wins, and L’s make me who I am today. I am constantly evolving, learning, and working toward not just being great, but also staying true to who I’ve always been—just a kid with a big dream from the LBC.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 February 2013 source ↗
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Danielle Steel
Novelist
I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
I would be a better correspondent. I’m hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.
Sally Field
Actor
I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
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My wife going on The Real Housewives of New York City.
Self-importance, arrogance.
I’m certainly not going to tell it here.
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