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Arrogance, bullying, meanness – just try to be kind, it’s not difficult.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2023 source ↗
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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Daphne Guinness
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Gossip and backstabbing.
Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish comedian and actor
Lack of self-doubt.
Inability to listen.
False humility.
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View profile →Working in a very busy bar in the West End when I was trying to pay my way through drama school. I had to dance in a cage in a vest and cycling shorts to Venus by Bananarama, Greased Lightnin’ and Y.M.C.A. every night. It was excruciating.
Outliving my kids – and rats.
Live in the moment. Enjoy life because time cruelly speeds up as you get older and becomes scarily finite.
After the birth of both my children, although Manchester United winning the treble in 1999 came pretty close.
Going to pieces while meeting John Squire, the lead guitarist of the Stone Roses, backstage after a gig. I completely lost the ability to speak. I told him I had the same guitars as he’d just used on stage, and when he asked me which ones, the words completely went out of my head and there was a huge pause, and then his wife tapped his shoulder and he wandered off.
Professionally, becoming a relative success in a job that I love; and personally, helping to raise two wonderful children.
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