Proust Questionnaire: Ali A. Rizvi's answers

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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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