I’m disorganized.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 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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Alice Waters
Chef, restaurateur and food activist
The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
I can be pedantic at times.
Michael Flatley
American step dancer
I don’t give myself that much thought.
Having no patience.
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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Oprah Winfrey. She always does the right thing—even when no one is looking.
I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
It’s a toss-up between mean and petty.
I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
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