Playing with a dog. And we’re both drunk.
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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 glass of wine, a good dinner with my husband, and a day ahead of me without a deadline is close enough.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 September 2012 source ↗
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Brazilian footballer; three-time World Cup winner
I like to spend time with my family, and also relax at my beach house or on my farm.
Happiness is going to come and go, but to have a chance at intermittent happiness you need to be free from fear. In our culture, in our day, we can lose sight of what a rare gift that is: to live free from fear
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Their willingness to put up with my endless explanations about why I can’t see them because I’m under deadline.
The inability to stop talking about themselves when they’re not being interviewed.
Living with severe chronic pain, or forgetting the name of the person I’m interviewing.
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