“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” —Emma Lazarus. Perfect happiness exists only in my imagination at the moment.
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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.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 December 2012 source ↗
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View all 158 →Just a lazy day roaming New York with my daughters—La Esquina for lunch and Mister Softee for dessert.
When the coffee kicks in early in the morning and I’m on the couch with my dogs, reading the paper.
A peaceful, joyous time in the world…or in my head.
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Guys who use the word “snot.”
Convince myself that walking two miles a day isn’t boring.
That they get it.
Peyton Manning.
Does it make a difference? You’re dead.
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