Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Bonnie Raitt said elsewhere, not written here
When I’m self-involved or insensitive to others.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗

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Al Franken Senator and comedian
I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2017 source ↗
Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer
I don’t think anyone should deplore anything about themselves. You can always improve things, but by deploring you’re putting yourself on a losing streak.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗

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