Ungratefulness.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2015 source ↗
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Richard Feynman
Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965
I would like to add something that’s not essential to the science, but something I kind of believe, which is that you should not fool the layman when you’re talking as a scientist.
Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!
People-pleasing.
Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
I hate it when my little brothers don't close their mouths when they're eating.
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My quick temper and the chaos that ensues in the hurricane that follows.
It’s not our God-given right to be happy. So, if a man can laugh out loud once or twice a day, that would be happiness.
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