I think happiness is the absence of all things negative.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What are you most proud of?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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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.
To relax without being bothered.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2010 source ↗
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View all 158 →Being at home, watching a good movie with my husband. Dining out with good friends.
Taking an overnight train in Europe.
Dolly Parton
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A big loaded baked potato and a good book with time to eat it and read it.
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View profile →I’m very happy about it. You know, a kid from the Hill being elected to the Hall of Fame. Proud of it.
Talking too much.
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