It’s never going to be absolutely perfect. There will always be something you would change if you could.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Originally asked
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.
Getting to the point in life where I can accept that the truth is there is no perfect happiness.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2012 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 158 →I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.
Family, friends, laughter, and music so loud you feel it inside.
A fireplace, a book, and a snowy day, with no possibility of getting into the office.
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View profile →Well, first of all I’d like to change the word “deplore” to “dislike.” I guess that I’m almost a hermit; I don’t enjoy going out that much, and so I tend to take my happiness from the joys of my home and my husband.
Their responsibility to the friendship.
I think when we were doing The Mary Tyler Moore Show. That was the first time that I was able to, on a regular basis, be funny.
That I’ll never work again.
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