People who are not self-aware.
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?Originally asked
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Vick Hope
British television and radio presenter
I don’t like it when people manipulate your words, which sometimes happens in the tabloids.
Greed, lack of empathy. Same thing.
Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker
No sense of humor.
Hugh Grant
Actor
Telling me the menu is only accessible through the QR code.
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Lee Warburton. He had just left drama school and was doing the Alexander technique in the Corrie green room. I hadn’t been to drama school, and really took the piss out of him.
Not working. I want to be one of those old actors on the set of Casualty at 95, who quietly passes away in the actual scene rather than at home.
The fact that there are not enough hours in the day and I’ve taken on too much.
Catastrophising.
A personal assistant.
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