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Identity & self
What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?
158 answers answered between 1999 and 2026 one of 5 in The Proust Questionnaire
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
The reaction of my family and me to our extraordinary good fortune is not guilt, but rather gratitude. Were we to use more than 1% of my claim checks on ourselves, neither our happiness nor our well-being would be enhanced. In contrast, that remaining 99% can have a huge effect on the health and welfare of others.
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Family, friends, laughter, and music so loud you feel it inside.
Ina Garten
Cookery writer and shop owner
Sundays in Paris with Jeffrey. We go to the Sunday market, make a nice lunch, drink a big bottle of Burgundy, and then take a long delicious nap. Heaven.
Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.
A picnic in my garden in Kerdalo, Brittany.
Being at our beach house with my family in the Bahamas.
Taking an overnight train in Europe.
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