The inability to laugh before 11 a.m.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2019 source ↗
The question
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?Originally asked
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View all 263 →Being too thin-skinned.
An “elastic” sense of time (fancy way of saying I am late a lot).
Bruno Tonioli
Italian choreographer
I don’t think anyone should deplore anything about themselves. You can always improve things, but by deploring you’re putting yourself on a losing streak.
Alice Waters
Chef, restaurateur and food activist
The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
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View profile →In my sleep. In bed. With a half-eaten egg salad sandwich on my chest.
Knowing they are there for you.
Being on a Broadway stage and forgetting what the play is.
Deborah Divine.
Devouring an egg salad sandwich with the salt, pepper, and mayo in exactly the right proportion.
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