Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.
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Lack of compassion and arrogance.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗
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Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker
No sense of humor.
Henry R. Kravis
Financier; co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
I don’t like those people that only want to be nice to people that they consider their equal or above them as far as maybe they’ve got money or something like that.
Rita Moreno
Actor, singer and dancer
Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
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I would have gone to my singing lessons at Guildhall.
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