Eating breakfast foods at a time of the day other than breakfast. Pancakes for dinner—I’m happy.
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Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
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When the coffee kicks in early in the morning and I’m on the couch with my dogs, reading the paper.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2009 source ↗
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Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
Lying in one of two twin hammocks on an English lawn in June. A glass of something cool and vinous is balanced on my tummy. A speaker hanging above the tree plays Glenn Gould. A Wodehouse novel is spread-eagled on my chest. I will pick it up in a moment. Oh, the other hammock is occupied by my beloved husband.
Yogi Berra
Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
To relax without being bothered.
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My belief that saying it makes it happen.
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