Proust Questionnaire: Andreas's answers

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On Mon, 14 Mar 11 17:47:34 UTC Andreas (19) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To be without art or some other manifestation of human beauty.
Where would you like to live?: In a place I can be happy, productive, and comfortable. In a place I enjoy.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To live surrounded by good friends and great art doing the things which make me happiest.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Sloth and decadence.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Howard W. Campbell Jr. and Quentin Compson.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Henry IV of France and Bob Dylan.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Julia and Addie Bundren.
Your favorite painter?: J.M.W. Turner.
Your favorite musician?: Charles Mingus.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence and morality.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence and morality.
Your favorite virtue?: Intellect.
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, listening to music, learning.
Who would you have liked to be?: I am fine.
Your most marked characteristic?: My tongue.
What do you most value in your friends?: Intellect and sense of humor.
What is your principle defect?: Simultaneous lack of and excessive compassion.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: The death of people closest to me.
What would you like to be?: Myself with potential maximized.
What is your favorite color?: I have none.
What is your favorite flower?: The orchid.
What is your favorite bird?: The osprey.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: William Faulkner and Kurt Vonnegut.
Who are your favorite poets?: Emily Dickinson and H.D.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Robert Kennedy.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Eleanor Roosevelt and Emily Dickinson.
What are your favorite names?: Quentin, Delano, Vincent.
What is it you most dislike?: Ignorance.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.
What event in military history do you most admire?: D-Day.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Musical talent.
How would you like to die?: After leading a fulfilled life.
What is your present state of mind?: Tired.
What is your motto?: I have no particular motto.

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