The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Dishonesty and insincerity.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2021 source ↗
That they don’t give way quickly.
Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
Dishonesty. It destroys relationships. It’s something celebrities especially have to guard against because people are prone to tell you what they think you want to hear rather than the truth.
Ignorance and rudeness. Decency and a please and thank you cost nothing.
The rare moment I don’t believe in myself enough.
Waking up in the morning is as perfect as anything gets.
The greatest fear I can remember is coming back from WW II and being amazed that I was more afraid to audition for a job than I was flying 52 missions.
Rafael Nadal, Joyce Carol Oates, Alison Steadman, Adam Kay, Terry Gross, Brandi Carlile
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