Barry Scheck: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? — FLAPSS

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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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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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Barry Scheck

Defence lawyer; co-founder of the Innocence Project

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I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

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Thinking that I’m right when I’m wrong. But not only that – being able to convince other people I’m right and then finding out I’m wrong.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2024 source ↗

Lack of confidence in speaking to the opposite sex.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

Being an incurable workaholic.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2010 source ↗

Flirting with danger.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

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I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Question Who do you turn to when you need advice? Relationships

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question What do you value most in your friends? Relationships

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question What does love feel like? Relationships

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

Question What has been your biggest disappointment? Failure & regret

I haven't met one of these exonerated individuals who can sleep. Virtually all of them have some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 4 December 2002 source ↗

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