Being there through thin and thin. That’s friendship treasured.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is your greatest fear?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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When were you happiest?
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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.
Their responsibility to the friendship.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2012 source ↗
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View all 75 →Discretion and love of New Orleans—my favorite city. These two go hand in hand.
Being able to share a confidence.
I think I value the same things everyone does—loyalty, a sense of humor, the ability to make campaign contributions.
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View profile →Well, first of all I’d like to change the word “deplore” to “dislike.” I guess that I’m almost a hermit; I don’t enjoy going out that much, and so I tend to take my happiness from the joys of my home and my husband.
That I’ll never work again.
Getting to the point in life where I can accept that the truth is there is no perfect happiness.
I think when we were doing The Mary Tyler Moore Show. That was the first time that I was able to, on a regular basis, be funny.
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