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What is your idea of perfect happiness?

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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.

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Hans Zimmer Film composer
Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗
Health, life, everything around me on a daily basis, being grateful for life—every day is a blessing.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 November 2016 source ↗

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Question How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure? Failure & regret
Well, maybe it was successful in the end. But, I mean, to get there - one of the things that I talk about is not to be afraid of failure because you're going to fail. And I was 19 years old. I was competing in the Mr. Universe contest, and I lost. I had movies that went in the toilet. I have had policy issues and referendums that went in front of the people that I lost. And, of course, in my personal life, you know, my marriage is a big loss. So there's a lot of losses and failures that I've had. And I think that it is important that we recognize that. But no matter what it is, I always had an exciting life and always chased something, and that made, to me, the whole thing worth it. I always felt I was enriched by the fact that I always knew where I was going. And then there were some things that were unexpected. Like, running for governor was something that kind of unfolded only because there was a recall election.
Recorded A Martínez, Morning Edition, NPR, 6 October 2023 source ↗
Question Which writers or artists most influenced your work? Taste & recommendation
Well, there were, you know, several poses that was known for everybody, that is known for certain poses. And to me it was the three-quarter back pose. And it was a very difficult pose to do, to twist your body and to show the small waist and to show at the same time your wide shoulders, your back. And you also see the front and you see the abs and you see the calf and the thighs and all of those things. But it was a difficult pose to do. Very few bodybuilders could master it. I copied basically Reg Park, who was my idol and who won three times the Mr. Universe competition. And he was known for that pose in a kneeling position and in a standing position. And so because he was my idol, I was, you know, absolutely fanatic to copy his poses and then to kind of improve on that. And that's exactly what I did.
Recorded David Greene, Talk of the Nation, NPR, 2 October 2012 source ↗

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