Bill Moyers: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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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.

Bill Moyers

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A long summer’s evening on the front porch with my wife, Judith, watching the hawks circling overhead and the sun disappearing through the trees.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2011 source ↗

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Bobbi Brown

Being at our beach house with my family in the Bahamas.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2024 source ↗

Mindy Kaling

Falling asleep watching a movie on a sofa because I drank too much wine at dinner, my head resting on the thigh of a loved one, who will later explain what happened.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2015 source ↗

Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

Being grateful for what you have.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗

Gina Lollobrigida

Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2013 source ↗

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