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

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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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Ed Koch

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Sitting in a living room with my sister, Pat Thaler, and her seven grandchildren and just talking with them. They range in age from 9 to 21 years old.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2013 source ↗

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Patti Smith Musician, poet and photographer

Clarity when I am writing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2024 source ↗

Judith Light

Having the opportunity to contribute and serve.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 27 September 2019 source ↗

Aretha Franklin

It’s never going to be absolutely perfect. There will always be something you would change if you could.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2003 source ↗

Nancy Pelosi

No contest: seeing my grandchildren enjoying each other.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2019 source ↗

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Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would like to be more accepting of the faults of others.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 22 January 2013 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Of choking on some food and having no one nearby to do the Heimlich maneuver.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2013 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

A willingness to go with my gut feeling, rather than wait a day and contemplate other options.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2013 source ↗

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