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What trait do you most dislike in other people?

193 answers answered between 1974 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A

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Charlie Munger Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 1978–2023
Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought. Self-pity gets pretty close to paranoia and paranoia is one of the very hardest things to reverse. You do not want to drift into self-pity.
Recorded USC Gould School of Law commencement, 2007, Speakola, 2007 source ↗
Ina Garten Cookery writer and shop owner
Lying on the sofa watching old episodes of Law & Order all day.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2016 source ↗
Vera Wang
Cruelty…no, maybe dishonesty or disingenuousness. All are equally deplorable.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗
Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist
People who can’t hear other points of view. Absolute certainty always scares me a little.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗

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