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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Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
I don’t think about my greatest fear.
Marina Abramović
Performance artist
To be eaten by a shark.
Joyce Carol Oates
Novelist, short story writer and essayist
Sometimes, it is the possibility of loneliness. Other times, it is the possibility of never being alone, having no privacy, being under the control of another.
My lips are sealed.
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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.
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.
My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
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