I’m walking down the street angrily muttering to myself and then I run into a neighbor or former coworker and they catch me in this moment of private-public expression. It’s nice to be seen sometimes.
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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.
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Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 March 2016 source ↗
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Watching my girls laugh together. It is more short-lived than I’d like, but it does happen!
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States, 1993–2001
Yeah. I’m the luckiest person who ever lived, you know? I worked hard, like a demon. Some would say too hard from time to time, and I over-married, and I had a magnificent child. I have been incredibly fortunate, but I had the American Dream, and it didn’t matter to anybody that nobody in my family had ever been to college.
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When I’m extremely old during a huge family celebration where everyone is playing games and giving pre-written toasts … to me.
Malala Yousafzai, Martina Navratilova, Misty Copeland, and Hillary Clinton.
A bumpy flight … or driving with my son Sam, who drives great, but I still can’t believe he’s old enough.
I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
That they won’t let me hide.
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