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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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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 in a Broadway theater full of people laughing their heads off at one of my shows.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 December 2021 source ↗
I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 October 2015 source ↗
Zadie Smith Novelist and essayist
Reading quietly, in high grass, among loved ones (who are also quietly reading). Followed by a boozy lunch.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 November 2016 source ↗

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