Proust Questionnaire: Aleksei Kotsov's answers

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On Mon, 11 Jul 16 18:42:39 UTC Aleksei Kotsov (63) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Failure to live life to its fullest
Where would you like to live?: Among thoughtful, creative, appreciative people
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Fulfilling one's promise by using their skills and abilities to further humanity
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Devoting my time to dally with enjoyable friends and ideas, without concern for profit
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who grow in character to overcome obstacles and reach their goals, while helping/leading others to do the same.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Those who sacrificed human comforts for a higher purpose and to advance human knowledge
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Women who bravely conquered their "man's world," -- Joan d'Arc, Madame Curie, Betty Friedan, Hillary Clinton...
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Spirited women who refused to be enslaved by men, who knew and rejected "their place" and drove onward to success.
Your favorite painter?: Andrew Wyeth
Your favorite musician?: Arvo Part
The quality you most admire in a man?: Honesty in the sense of what you see is what you get -- the real thing.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Ambition in the sense of not allowing artificial societal constraints prevent her from achieving her highest goals.
Your favorite virtue?: sacrificing self for the greater good of all -- including the self.
Your favorite occupation?: analyzing human actions and understanding why people do what they do.
Who would you have liked to be?: I like the man I am, and if I were to change anyting, it would be to have started my personal growth sooner than I did.
Your most marked characteristic?: My wit.
What do you most value in your friends?: Sincerity.
What is your principle defect?: Distractablity, leading to procrastination.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Uneducated intellect.
What would you like to be?: Younger, knowing all I know now!
What is your favorite color?: Combinations of complementary colors, especially muted hues.
What is your favorite flower?: The White Lily.
What is your favorite bird?: The Raven.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Tom Wolfe, Hemingway
Who are your favorite poets?: Poe, Shakespeare
Who are your heroes in real life?: John Glenn, John F. Kennedy, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Helen of Troy. Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart
What are your favorite names?: "A rose, by any other name..."
What is it you most dislike?: Laziness
What historical figures do you most despise?: Totalitarians, enslavers
What event in military history do you most admire?: The defeat of Nazism and Fascism during World War II.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: The ability to instantly see the truth of any situation.
How would you like to die?: Only after having lived life fully!
What is your present state of mind?: Enlightened.
What is your motto?: Spero!

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