I like ironing my socks.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 14 October 2011 source ↗
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?Originally asked
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Joseph Fiennes
English actor
Picking my nose.
Having no patience.
Romesh Ranganathan
English actor and comedian
My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
Barry Scheck
Defence lawyer; co-founder of the Innocence Project
I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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In 1985, in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, sitting on the veranda with my grandmother, people-watching, and listening to poetry and local gossip.
I like ironing my socks.
I tested whistles for the police.
Not having children.
To my mother for having to bail me out when I was young.
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