Impatience and being bossy.
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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 cold indifference towards discarded friends.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗
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Romesh Ranganathan
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My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
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I would deplore feeling deplorable about myself.
Alison Steadman
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I repeat stories (like my mum used to).
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A gig in Chatham.
My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.
Running out of Molecule cologne.
Sydney mardi gras, 1993.
I’ve made some terrible remarks about people over the years in the interests of light entertainment, and I regret them all.
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