Contentment with what I have.
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Originally asked
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.
Just a lazy day roaming New York with my daughters—La Esquina for lunch and Mister Softee for dessert.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 29 January 2016 source ↗
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Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.
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View profile →August 16, 1985. My dad took me and my brothers Andre and Tony to see the Fresh Fest at the Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. We saw Whodini, the Fat Boys, and Grandmaster Flash. Greatest day of my life. The births of my children were big days, too, but billions of people have children—only 15,000 people saw that show.
I have a child-like fear of being late. I’m a grown man, and I’m scared I’m going to the principal’s office.
Barack Obama—just the balls to think he could be president is gangster. People forget that, when he first announced he was running, most black people were for Hillary Clinton. The only person that was laughed at more for a crazy idea was Noah.
I hate rich people that feel a need to tell you how hard they had it (“We had the smallest pool on the block”). And I hate poor people that feel a need to puff up their bios so they can better fit in with the rich—you meet a lot of Talented Mr. Ripleys in showbiz.
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