Watching Foyle’s War in bed with my husband and the dogs.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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When were you happiest?
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What is your greatest fear?
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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.
Listening to my sons play a piano-and-sax duet.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 April 2017 source ↗
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View all 158 →Health, life, everything around me on a daily basis, being grateful for life—every day is a blessing.
Perfect happiness is having a wife who loves you and doesn’t ask for too much jewelry.
Every single person and living creature on the planet is safe and well nourished.
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Standing up while eating.
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto: 8:31 A.M., July 1, 1981; 8:29 A.M., May 4, 1983.
The sewing-machine repairman at the corner of 107th and Broadway.
They take my calls.
That I’ll die worrying.
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