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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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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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Alice Waters Chef, restaurateur and food activist
The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2021 source ↗
Ina Garten Cookery writer and shop owner
I worry that if I don’t challenge myself professionally I’ll lie on the sofa and watch old episodes of Law & Order all day.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2016 source ↗

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Question What counsel would you give your twenty-year-old self — and what should they ignore? Time & hindsight
Spend your time on something meaningful. Not on parties, and not on taking it easy. That’s not good enough. […] When you’re young, you think: Let’s party, do drugs, drink, waste it all, right? But as you get older, you look at what you’ve accomplished. And when you get old, you’ve run out of time. You have to ask yourself: Why am I here? Can I contribute anything to humanity, to society, my work?
Recorded University Post, University of Copenhagen public talk, University Post (uniavisen.dk), University of Copenhagen source ↗

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