What is your idea of perfect happiness?

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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.

Recorded Catherine O’Hara said elsewhere, not written here
I think happiness is the absence of all things negative.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2013 source ↗

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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 source ↗
Kazuo Ishiguro Novelist and screenwriter; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2017
Sitting down to a leisurely conversation in an English tearoom with my wife, a friend, or even an interesting stranger. Good cake is essential.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 March 2023 source ↗
Hans Zimmer Film composer
Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗

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