I look forward to answering that question in 15 years.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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The night my daughter was born, New York, December 29, 1997. After she emerged and I held her in the palm of my hand, I walked around Manhattan in a stupor of happiness.
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