The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Biting my nails.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2019 source ↗
Feeling and being unfocused.
Not always standing up for myself enough.
Lack of confidence.
I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?
I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.
They treat me as a regular person.
I hate it when my little brothers don't close their mouths when they're eating.
Being grateful for what you have.
I'm trying to be more organized.
John Lewis, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Franken, Jon Sopel, Bob Schieffer
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