Don Rickles: 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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Don Rickles

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Perfect happiness is having a wife who loves you and doesn’t ask for too much jewelry.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2003 source ↗

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George Takei

I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.

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

Mindy Kaling

Falling asleep watching a movie on a sofa because I drank too much wine at dinner, my head resting on the thigh of a loved one, who will later explain what happened.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2015 source ↗

Harrison Ford

A perfect flight to a perfect landing … with witnesses.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 December 2010 source ↗

Norman Lear

Waking up in the morning is as perfect as anything gets.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2021 source ↗

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

Trying too hard to be funny.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

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

Having no patience.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

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

Well, Frank Sinatra’s gone, so the rest have to stand in line.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

My greatest fear is going out onstage and having the audience just stare at me.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

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