That we’re going down the tubes as a country (make that the whole world).
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2023 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
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Carrie Fisher
Actor and writer
A bad death . . . fast or slow.
Totalitarianism in Europe.
Daphne Guinness
British socialite
Aggression without provocation or consequences.
Eugene Levy
Actor and writer
Being on a Broadway stage and forgetting what the play is.
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View profile →My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
A balmy, moonlit evening in Key West. George and I are enjoying a pasta dinner on the balcony overlooking the ocean. Ella Fitzgerald is singing in the background.
Really? Okay, if I have enough time I might go to Switzerland and drink the drink. I believe in euthanasia. What we do for our beloved pets, we should be able to do for our beloved humans or ourselves.
I love that my true friends don’t think of me as that Judy, but as the Judy they’ve known for years, a woman, like them. And I love their senses of humor.
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