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On Fri, 18 May 18 01:32:10 UTC Alex answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- To be alone
- Where would you like to live?
- With my family
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- Lots of people around.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Laziness
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- I don't read. I can't read.
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Malcom X, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Michelle Obama
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- I don't read. I can't read.
- Your favorite painter?
- Salvador Dali
- Your favorite musician?
- Ray Charles
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- A man who is his own man.
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- A woman who is her own woman, but who also submits to the man.
- Your favorite virtue?
- Honor. Got not time for dishonor.
- Your favorite occupation?
- Floating through life, being a grifter.
- Who would you have liked to be?
- I'm doing what I would have liked to have done, I do what I want.
- Your most marked characteristic?
- I'm honorable.
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Honor and loyalty. Honesty does't hurt, but I can get by on less than honesty.
- What is your principle defect?
- Using violence as a solution to problems.
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- Being surrounded by disloyalty. Not being able to count on your team.
- What would you like to be?
- In charge.
- What is your favorite color?
- Black--is there another?
- What is your favorite flower?
- All of them--what God creates, I admire.
- What is your favorite bird?
- The Hawk. He's in charge. He's loyal.
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Can't read.
- Who are your favorite poets?
- I remember hearing Ginsberg read Howl. I liked that.
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Not too many men deserve the title. They haven't had a hero in this country since the 60's. Men of today have no honor.
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Angela Davis, Jackie Kennedy, Rosa Parks--none of 'em sat down anywhere but where they wanted to.
- What are your favorite names?
- Joe.
- What is it you most dislike?
- Cowardice.
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Richard Nixon. Joe MacCarthy.
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- The Cuban Missile Crisis--that's how real men handle their business.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- The ability to hit a baseball.
- How would you like to die?
- Doing something heroic--noteworthy.
- What is your present state of mind?
- Worried. My people are in trouble and I don't know what to do. Things are changing at the river.
- What is your motto?
- Don't float through life. Make waves.
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