Having a bunch of answers and getting to fill in the questions. With loved ones. While in Maui.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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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.
A taco truck on every corner.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 29 March 2018 source ↗
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Seeing my family thrive and being underwater.
Neil Patrick Harris
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Probably being granted all-access to a Disney theme park with my husband, David, and a group of close friends—and just us—while we wandered and drank tropical tiki drinks. No judgment, no lines, no bad weather, and no hangovers. Oh, and our twins would be there too, but only when they’re happy and meltdown-free. I guess the same would go for David.
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View profile →Discretion and love of New Orleans—my favorite city. These two go hand in hand.
January 15, 1991. Walking up Congress Avenue in Austin, with thousands of others, to see Mom sworn in as governor of Texas.
United Farm Workers organizer Dolores Huerta.
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