What is the trait you most deplore in others?

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Recorded Chris Rock said elsewhere, not written here
I hate rich people that feel a need to tell you how hard they had it (“We had the smallest pool on the block”). And I hate poor people that feel a need to puff up their bios so they can better fit in with the rich—you meet a lot of Talented Mr. Ripleys in showbiz.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗

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Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer
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.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗

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Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight
August 16, 1985. My dad took me and my brothers Andre and Tony to see the Fresh Fest at the Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. We saw Whodini, the Fat Boys, and Grandmaster Flash. Greatest day of my life. The births of my children were big days, too, but billions of people have children—only 15,000 people saw that show.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗

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