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The only drink I really, really like is champagne.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2022 source ↗
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?Originally asked
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View all 270 →Self-denigration, an old strategy for extorting praise from people. (“I am a terrible person.” “No, you’re a wonderful person and we all love you.”)
My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.
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I dislike my relationship with food. I wish I didn’t love food so much.
Impatience married with being very quick to judge.
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View profile →Meryl Streep. For all her truthful and perfected offerings that have taken me to an “elsewhere”, in which my mind could feel both soothed and stimulated.
We live in a fearful age: Brexit, Covid, global warming, cancel culture, war in Ukraine. Add in pancreatic cancer and you find me in an advanced and complex state of anxiety.
Like coming home.
Talking in cliches. We have the most economic, resonant and versatile language in the world, yet so many people use it in a dull and boring way.
Working as the assistant to an agony aunt on a women’s magazine. When we didn’t get enough heartbreaking letters, we made them up.
A cream suit from Chanel that cost almost as much as a small car.
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