Warm chocolate cake, a gorgeous fire, and Idris Elba. Also, world peace.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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When were you happiest?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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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.
Cooking dinner and hanging out with my kids.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 October 2021 source ↗
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A long summer’s evening on the front porch with my wife, Judith, watching the hawks circling overhead and the sun disappearing through the trees.
Getting hired. With the possible exception of my daughters’ births and my wedding day, the happiest moments of my life were when someone offered me a job.
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View profile →From a professional standpoint, it didn’t get any better than achieving our ultimate goal, whether that meant six NBA championships in eight years, or two Olympic gold medals. But I’m more low-key than people realize. Give me an evening with family or friends, and I’m good.
Being on a plane that is about to crash.
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