Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player
That they think they know it all.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Lying, unreliability.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2022 source ↗
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Disrespect. My dad was a toolmaker and worked in a factory all his life, and he felt looked down on, and it really affected him. And so all my life I’ve loathed disrespect and valued respect.
Entitlement, arrogance, and bigotry.
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