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Being hard on myself. I don’t want to pass that on to my daughters, so I’m trying to stop.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗
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Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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Barack Obama
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. I had a tendency sometimes to make excuses for me not doing the right thing.
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Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, The White House (Obama administration archive), 19 May 2013
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My intense self-loathing.
Alison Steadman
British actress
I repeat stories (like my mum used to).
Well, first of all I’d like to change the word “deplore” to “dislike.” I guess that I’m almost a hermit; I don’t enjoy going out that much, and so I tend to take my happiness from the joys of my home and my husband.
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To follow your path and not worry about what to do too much; one thing leads to the next, and you wind up where you’re meant to be.
A magazine editor like Diana Vreeland.
Being stuck in a project that’s not challenging me, or true to my nature.
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