Discretion and love of New Orleans—my favorite city. These two go hand in hand.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Those who are both loyal and can cook.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2019 source ↗
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Their willingness to put up with my endless explanations about why I can’t see them because I’m under deadline.
They take my calls.
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People who punch down.
This year's a pretty good year.
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That I’ll become a recluse with too many dogs.
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