What is the trait you most deplore in others?

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Recorded Anthony Hopkins said elsewhere, not written here
Freeloaders with a sense of entitlement.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2010 source ↗

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Rita Moreno Actor, singer and dancer
Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2022 source ↗
Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗

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