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The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2016 source ↗
The question
What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?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.
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Alice Waters
Chef, restaurateur and food activist
Shopping at the organic farmers market, buying whatever’s in season that looks the ripest and most vibrant, and bringing it home to cook with my friends.
Warm chocolate cake, a gorgeous fire, and Idris Elba. Also, world peace.
Cuddling in bed on a Sunday morning with the man I love. Also, applause and standing ovations.
Monogamy, with the right lady. (Sheer luck.)
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I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
I’m disorganized.
I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
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