My driving skills.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗
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.
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My difficulty to forgive.
Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.
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Thinking that singing makes me fit.
When I’m feeling lazy and I sleep in too much.
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