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Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗
Dishonesty. It destroys relationships. It’s something celebrities especially have to guard against because people are prone to tell you what they think you want to hear rather than the truth.
Arrogance and entitlement.
I always try to see the good. I never look for the bad.
I find it really interesting the way people are drawn to power, usually male power, sometimes in its dark mode. I wonder what they get from it. My experience of bastards is that there is very little material benefit gained from being in their company, though you feel there might be, any minute. Or you get something for a while and then the polarity switches. It’s a huge con. Trump made the mechanism clear – in this, I think he is a timely figure.
Being at peace with God.
To be taller. I’ve been looking up at certain people all my life. If I was taller, I could look down and see them a lot better.
In Macon, Georgia, during my childhood. I knew everybody there—it was like the whole town was your family. I felt complete there.
Unselfishness. I like to surround myself with people who are kind and have feelings for others and their problems.
I don’t want to be lost and burn in hell.
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