Balloons. I have a big phobia of balloons. Big.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
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The concept of eternity.
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I am not afraid.
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I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
Shirley Manson
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Dying of the same awful disease that took my mother – a particularly aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s disease.
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In the hospital giving birth to my second daughter with my first daughter right there in the room as it was happening. I don’t remember any pain. I just remember feeling more alive and full of fierce mama bear love than at any other point in my life.
In my bed at home at a ripe old age with the knowledge that my children, and grandchildren if I have any, are thriving, happy, and provided for.
Being at home on a Sunday night with my husband, Will, and all of our children, eating chicken tikka masala and naan from our favorite restaurant.
If hoarding and procrastination were Olympic sports, I’d have at least 70 gold medals.
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