My kids are in the house. I’ve been gardening in my vegetable garden. I have absolutely zero obligations or calls to return. Now I’m fixing dinner with music playing and having a glass of wine.
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Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Getting to the point in life where I can accept that the truth is there is no perfect happiness.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2012 source ↗
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Devouring an egg salad sandwich with the salt, pepper, and mayo in exactly the right proportion.
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U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966
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