Life with no Instagram and no selfies. I am so tired of looking at people staring out of the window of a private plane with a small dog in their laps.
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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.
Monogamy, with the right lady. (Sheer luck.)
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2012 source ↗
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View all 158 →Being at home with Brian and the dogs.
A taco truck on every corner.
Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
The reaction of my family and me to our extraordinary good fortune is not guilt, but rather gratitude. Were we to use more than 1% of my claim checks on ourselves, neither our happiness nor our well-being would be enhanced. In contrast, that remaining 99% can have a huge effect on the health and welfare of others.
Recorded
His own pledge letter, written on joining the Giving Pledge in 2010, The Giving Pledge, 2010
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More from Herman Wouk
View profile →Anywhere with her, while she lived.
Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.
Complacent stupidity.
At age 97 and counting, guess.
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