Sally Mann
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Reading. And, in particular, reading on the deck of the cabin while my children play in the river below.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What do you value most in your friends?
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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.
Pizza and wine after performing for a great Saturday-night crowd on Broadway.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 21 February 2018 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 158 →A great entrance-making outfit, where everyone oohs and aahs!
Reading a book with a dog asleep on either side of me.
Making a gourmet dinner with my husband, Tom, then just hanging out with our four children, their spouses, and our delightful grandchildren.
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View profile →Impatience. The inability to ever finish a knitting project.
Ingratitude. Taking advantage of others.
My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.
Their ability to make me laugh from the gut.
Anything underneath me in water I can’t see to the bottom of.
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