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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.

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I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗
My distractibility, diminishing memory, and capacity for sustained concentration. My English master once said I had the brain of a butterfly. I feel that 40 years later, I’ve evolved into Dory from Finding Nemo.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗

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