That injustice, ignorance, and fascism win.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗
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What is your greatest fear?Originally asked
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Carrie Fisher
Actor and writer
A bad death . . . fast or slow.
Judy Blume
Novelist
That we’re going down the tubes as a country (make that the whole world).
Becoming deaf and blind, which is what happened to my father.
Alexa Chung
English television presenter
Frogs and public speaking.
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Balancing my inner and outer life.
Being out in a gorgeous natural setting with time to enjoy.
Dolores Huerta.
Arrogance and entitlement.
In my sleep in my 90s, after a great gig.
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