The question
What is the trait you most deplore in others?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
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Lack of self-criticism.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2014 source ↗
Mental cruelty.
Entitlement or a lack of manners. Though I find they often flock together.
People who are not self-aware.
Rudeness and racism.
Self-criticism.
Michael Frayn – such modesty, talent, kindness and bottomless curiosity.
There are different kinds of happiness, but the simplest was when I was 13 because what one had to do was so obvious.
The demise of the London Daily Mail.
Tchaikovsky's 1812, sung by Barry Manilow.
Alan Dale, Andrea Bocelli, Robert De Niro, Niamh Cusack, Mike Wallace, Ronnie O'Sullivan
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