Tina Fey: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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Tina Fey

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Anywhere, during the 2 to 24 hours after a successful joke.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗

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Jeanette Winterson Novelist and essayist

Happiness is planting the vegetables, sleeping with my girlfriend, running, doing my work, sitting by the fire with a book and a glass of wine... I need a reason to be unhappy, but do not need one to be quietly cheerful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2009 source ↗

Nicola Adams British boxer

When I won gold at the London Olympic Games.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2012 source ↗

Terence Conran British restaurateur and designer

At the opening of The Conran Shop in Michelin House: it took a long time to achieve.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2016 source ↗

Angela Eagle British politician

The day of my civil partnership.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2012 source ↗

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Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

A glass of wine at sunset on Fire Island. / No homework.

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Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

People who are proud of their ignorance.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Procrastination.

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Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Cathy Rigby. She was really good in that stage version of Peter Pan. No joke.

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Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

A willingness to come uptown.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2011 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Child, loss or damage thereof.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗

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