Bill Maher: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? — FLAPSS

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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Bill Maher

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Right now, here with you. Let’s not ruin it by talking.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2010 source ↗

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Philip Treacy Irish-born haute couture milliner

As a child growing up in Ireland, on a beautiful day playing on what was known as a cock of hay (or haystack).

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2014 source ↗

Richard Coles British musician, writer, presenter and priest

Technically, Ibiza 1990, because of the amount of ecstasy I’d taken.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

David Gandy British model

This morning, when I found a £20 note in a coat I hadn’t worn for a while.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗

Ted Danson American actor

I am a bit of a Pollyanna – I spend most of my day happy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2010 source ↗

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Being in love while organizing my closet.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2010 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Waking up after a sleepover at John Waters’s house and finding my sleeping bag isn’t zipped up the same way as when I passed out. Or “President Palin.”

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2010 source ↗

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