My wife going on The Real Housewives of New York City.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2013 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
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View all 256 →Incapacitation.
Having no way of earning money.
Dependency. Fascism.
Not trying something I really want to do.
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View profile →I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
I’m certainly not going to tell it here.
Self-importance, arrogance.
In my sleep. And I don’t think about it. It’ll be what it’ll be.
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