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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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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Late one Sunday afternoon, my three-year-old granddaughter, out of the blue, took my hand and said she wanted to whisper something to me. Could we go for a ride around the block before we all sat down for dinner? Just the two of us? Holding hands as we walked to and from the car in the driveway: Bliss.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 March 2019 source ↗
Alfre Woodard
Under sail somewhere with my children, Mavis and Duncan, and my husband, Roderick, with no agenda.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 August 2022 source ↗
Daniel Radcliffe
Eating breakfast foods at a time of the day other than breakfast. Pancakes for dinner—I’m happy.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 April 2014 source ↗
Jean Smart
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.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2024 source ↗

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