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I’ve got no patience.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2023 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
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I’m judgmental.
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I have a habit of sabotaging the moment in pursuit of perfection.
My bottomless pit of need. Soft erections. It was hard to keep it to just two.
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Frank Adamson, my first coach, for not spending more time with him in his later years. I feel bad about that.
It makes you feel like you want to live.What is the worst job you’ve ever done? Doing the audiobook of the first book. It was hard. I couldn’t do that again.
I would go back to when I was 14 and keep to my own style of playing snooker. I was perfect, but I didn’t think I was, so I started playing like everybody else and created bad habits. With a little more time, I could have been the ultimate player. I look at my career and I probably got 75% out of it instead of 100%.
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