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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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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.

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I have a child-like fear of being late. I’m a grown man, and I’m scared I’m going to the principal’s office.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗

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