New York.
Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2001 source ↗
The question
What do you need to believe in order to get through the day?Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
Vox used this exact prompt throughout its named 9 Questions series on intellectual habits.
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Arnold Palmer
Professional golfer; winner of seven major championships
I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
Peyton Manning
American football quarterback
Pressure is something that you feel only when you don’t know what you’re doing
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist and essayist
Well, again, getting back to Nietzsche’s statement, as a person of deep faith, I obviously believe in something in the end. I don’t know what it is, but it’s a great big something.
Henry R. Kravis
Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
I'm the kind of man who, even if the glass is only half full, doesn't lament but goes to fill up the rest.
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