A perfect day is when I can sit outside and listen to an audiobook and watch my family walking around.
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Getting hired. With the possible exception of my daughters’ births and my wedding day, the happiest moments of my life were when someone offered me a job.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 September 2017 source ↗
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View all 161 →A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
Health, life, everything around me on a daily basis, being grateful for life—every day is a blessing.
Spending time with my family—with no phone, no fax, and no meetings.
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When I finished writing a book.
Talking too much.
Absentmindedness.
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