I have no idea what perfect happiness feels like, but I am looking forward to the experience.
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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.
First of all, to be in love. The second way of being very happy is to be able to get the best out of yourself, whatever it is.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 March 2010 source ↗
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View all 158 →A calm and peaceful mind, landing a joke, being the name right after “And the winner is…”
Contentment with what I have.
I’m walking down the street angrily muttering to myself and then I run into a neighbor or former coworker and they catch me in this moment of private-public expression. It’s nice to be seen sometimes.
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View profile →In the mountains, climbing into beautiful places—anything that has to do with nature. I feel best in nature or near nature. And I was most happy, of course, when I was with my husband and we were in beautiful landscapes.
To be dishonest. Sometimes people have to be dishonest in order not to hurt, but if someone is basically dishonest, that is a different matter.
My inferiority complex.
To be abandoned.
Mandela. Also, artists and painters. I admire people who are creative.
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