People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.
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Impatience and temper. Enough already!
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2015 source ↗
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As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
After the war, when I was about nine, we were held up in our home. The robbers grabbed my father and had a gun at his throat. It was terrifying. My mother got a wad of money and gave it to the people, and they ran away.
I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.
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