Bill Moyers: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

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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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Bill Moyers

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A long summer’s evening on the front porch with my wife, Judith, watching the hawks circling overhead and the sun disappearing through the trees.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2011 source ↗

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Tom Ford

Life with no Instagram and no selfies. I am so tired of looking at people staring out of the window of a private plane with a small dog in their laps.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 February 2020 source ↗

Seth Rogen

Eating dan dan noodles with my wife.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2017 source ↗

Bob Mackie

A great entrance-making outfit, where everyone oohs and aahs!

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 April 2023 source ↗

Whoopi Goldberg

A perfect day is when I can sit outside and listen to an audiobook and watch my family walking around.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2015 source ↗

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