Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
A big loaded baked potato and a good book with time to eat it and read it.
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What is your greatest fear?
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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.
Watching a great movie in the afternoon and then taking a long nap.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 February 2024 source ↗
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A picnic in my garden in Kerdalo, Brittany.
Eating breakfast foods at a time of the day other than breakfast. Pancakes for dinner—I’m happy.
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I would just be content with every moment as it is instead of gnashing my teeth trying to change things all the time.
Deep and complex thoughts delivered with a wicked sense of humor.
Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?
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