Tim Rice
English lyricist and author
When I was seven. I remember it as a golden time, long gone.
When were you happiest?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Right where I am now.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2010 source ↗
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On two dates: 23 January 1961 and 13 March 2009 (my two weddings).
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