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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress
Being hard on myself. I don’t want to pass that on to my daughters, so I’m trying to stop.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗
I can go for weeks without opening the mail. I can look at a letter that has just dropped through the letterbox, wonder what it is and then just shred it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 November 2024 source ↗

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