Being poor—or, worse, having Kelsey Grammer fight with Teddy Kennedy over who is to drive me home.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
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View all 256 →I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.
Olivia de Havilland
Film actress; twice winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress
The loss of physical, financial, and psychological independence.
Regrets. That’s no way to live.
Kathy Lette
Australian-British author
My own books being discounted. Oh, and sharks. The reason we Aussies swim so fast is because something much bigger is always trying to eat us.
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View profile →Coming offstage after a five-minute standing ovation, falling into the arms of my lover, and having the doctor look at me and say, “This is impossible! She looks much too young to go!”
None. Unfortunately, we are in an age of antiheroes.
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