Guys who use the word “snot.”
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2012 source ↗
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View all 193 →Certainty. I also can’t stand it when someone calls you and then says, “Wait, I need to put my headphones in.”
People who punch down.
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.
Angela Griffin
British actress and television presenter
People who are not self-aware.
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Being with my best friend, who’s a girl.
Does it make a difference? You’re dead.
Convince myself that walking two miles a day isn’t boring.
Peyton Manning.
That they get it.
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