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Living in the Caribbean during the 60s and 70s with such lovely people.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2014 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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View all 577 →Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.
Josette Simon
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I don’t have a happiest; I live in the now.
Right now, in the present. I have a short memory.
Erin O'Connor
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French kissing on Tower Bridge under a full moon in the wee small hours.
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My grandson, for taking such wonderful care of me in my old age.
I’d rather name one for someone else. I’m egomaniacal.
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