Being there through thin and thin. That’s friendship treasured.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
They want to leave the party the same time I do.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2015 source ↗
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Smarts, kindness, decency, honesty, integrity, humor. Really do love a good cook! Our group of friends has been friends for a long time.
Eugene Levy
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Knowing they are there for you.
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View profile →Generally? Hurting someone’s feelings. Specifically? Being kidnapped while on vacation.
Sunday mornings with my parents when I visited from college.
People taking themselves seriously.
Falling asleep watching a movie on a sofa because I drank too much wine at dinner, my head resting on the thigh of a loved one, who will later explain what happened.
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