David Hare
Playwright and screenwriter
I took Nicole out to dinner for the first time on 19 October, 1991. After that, everything changed.
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Death & what remains
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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.
Putting my grandchildren to bed.
Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2017 source ↗
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Weeping with laughter.
Pelé
Brazilian footballer; three-time World Cup winner
I like to spend time with my family, and also relax at my beach house or on my farm.
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A sense of humor, integrity, intelligence. Also, factual accuracy.
I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.
Some of the worst advice I've been given doesn't sort of sound like terrible advice. And maybe it's the way I've internalized the advice. Always stand up for your principles is probably good advice. The way I've internalized it is burn your bridges. So I think that--you know what I mean?
Piety. But only when people are overly pious. You can’t be too just. Or too courageous.
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