Self-importance, arrogance.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2013 source ↗
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Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
The thing actually that I most dislike is cruelty. I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else, just to make themselves feel important it really gets me mad.
Lack of acceptance of my bad timekeeping
After the third time someone’s late, we can’t be friends any more.
Those who create the doom.
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My wife going on The Real Housewives of New York City.
I’m certainly not going to tell it here.
I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
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