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What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Kevin Bacon
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Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗

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Vera Wang
Cruelty…no, maybe dishonesty or disingenuousness. All are equally deplorable.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗
Maggie O'Farrell Irish-British novelist
Interrupting or talking over people. As a stammerer, I am particularly alert to this.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2023 source ↗

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