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On Fri, 30 May 14 17:50:10 UTC Ali A. Rizvi answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- Sexual repression/incompatibility.
- Where would you like to live?
- Toronto. New York City.
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- Late night greasy pub food and cold beer with close family/friends after playing a gig.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Spending too much on taxis and food.
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Moses, Jesus Christ, Tyrion Lannister.
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Benjamin Franklin, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Those who live as they wish and speak openly with no concern for societal backlash.
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Daenerys Targaryen, Penny from Big Bang Theory, Mary Magdalene.
- Your favorite painter?
- Michelangelo.
- Your favorite musician?
- Chris Cornell.
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Calmness, contentment, a constant awareness of the privilege of being born male.
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- A capacity to empathize with and understand the mind of a man.
- Your favorite virtue?
- The courage to be vulnerable. Emotional honesty with oneself. A sound conscience.
- Your favorite occupation?
- Writing. Music.
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Faraday or Einstein.
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Non-seriousness.
- What do you most value in your friends?
- A good heart and good humor.
- What is your principle defect?
- A tendency to procrastinate.
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- Becoming mentally incapacitated.
- What would you like to be?
- A bird. Or a woman - but only for a week.
- What is your favorite color?
- Black.
- What is your favorite flower?
- The orchid.
- What is your favorite bird?
- The owl.
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens, Stephen King.
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Coleridge, Ghalib, Dylan.
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Innovators, inventors. The highly learned who effectively communicate their craft to the layman: Sagan, Dawkins, Clinton, deGrasse Tyson, Obama, Harris, Hitchens. Women who live and speak with no concern for societal backlash. Teachers, stand-up comedians.
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Marie Curie, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marilyn Monroe, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- What are your favorite names?
- Zameer, Hussain, Arshmaan, Elisheva, Ardeshir, Alexander, Sophia, Sheza, Seville, Ayaan
- What is it you most dislike?
- Faith, dogma, superstition, irrationality. Religion - and those like Stalin whose own ideologies are plagiarized from it.
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Hitler, Milosevic, Omar Al-Bashir, Zia-ul-Haq, Khomeini.
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- None except the necessary. The takedown of Nazi Germany. Drone strikes that have targeted and weakened militants with minimal civilian casualties.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- Physical fitness and athletic skill.
- How would you like to die?
- High.
- What is your present state of mind?
- I'm sleepy.
- What is your motto?
- Live and let live. There's no such thing as wasting time.
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