Lolita Chakrabarti
British actress and writer
Lack of empathy.
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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.
I don’t like false or opportunistic people.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2013 source ↗
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View all 197 →Greed, lack of empathy. Same thing.
To be dishonest. Sometimes people have to be dishonest in order not to hurt, but if someone is basically dishonest, that is a different matter.
Ignorance and rudeness. Decency and a please and thank you cost nothing.
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I would like to be less impulsive.
I’m defined as a very strong woman. I don’t identify myself with a specific figure, but I do greatly admire people who manage to persevere with humility through great difficulties.
The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.
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