Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 source ↗
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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
Vindictiveness and spite.
People having really loud conversations on their phones in public places.
Bruno Tonioli
Italian choreographer
Meanness and lying.
Maggie O'Farrell
Irish-British novelist
Interrupting or talking over people. As a stammerer, I am particularly alert to this.
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The thought that I might die with unresolved conflicts.
With a malicious grin that implies I know something you don’t.
That they don’t give a tinker’s damn about my celebrity.
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