Seeing my family thrive and being underwater.
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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.
Cooking out with my closest friends and laughing until we are crying.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2019 source ↗
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It’s never going to be absolutely perfect. There will always be something you would change if you could.
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Being out in a gorgeous natural setting with time to enjoy.
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View profile →Oh, I have a long list. You should ask me what I like about myself—that list is much shorter.
That I’ll become a recluse with too many dogs.
I wish I always had the right word in the right moment at the right time and not two hours later in my car going home.
People who punch down.
Those who are both loyal and can cook.
Thank you notes I haven't written.
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