Being at our beach house with my family in the Bahamas.
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being healthy. Sometimes we don’t know that we’re not healthy because we’re not going to the doctor—like me, when I first discovered I had diabetes years ago.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗
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David Lynch
Film director, screenwriter and painter
What do I think it is? A fulfillment of a desire gives you happiness.
A beautiful meal and a glass of wine with my favorite people and lots of laughter ringing around the table.
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Having fun with my sisters back in the day. I miss playing cards and fighting over crabs with them every weekend.
Being too open and generous to those who don’t deserve it.
Honesty. Tell me the truth, even if it hurts.
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