Floating on my back in the ocean.
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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.
My family. Together in a room with a sax, a piano, and a Ping-Pong table.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 January 2024 source ↗
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View all 161 →Long walks with my husband. Being with my family. Making music, and writing when songs just fall together. And maybe a cannoli. Just one.
Henry R. Kravis
Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Our wedding day is tied with the births of my three children as the best days of my life.
Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist
Those times when I feel equilibrium, maximum consciousness, and clarity.
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View profile →Sharks. The ones in the ocean.
People who do hard, honorable work in obscurity.
When our family was complete.
The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”
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