The inability to stop talking about themselves when they’re not being interviewed.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2012 source ↗
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The need to put other people down.
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Self-importance, arrogance.
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Talking in cliches. We have the most economic, resonant and versatile language in the world, yet so many people use it in a dull and boring way.
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A glass of wine, a good dinner with my husband, and a day ahead of me without a deadline is close enough.
Swiftly, painlessly, and old.
Their willingness to put up with my endless explanations about why I can’t see them because I’m under deadline.
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