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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:39:26 UTC Blademan (60) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other
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- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- the pain to my wife from my cancer
- Where would you like to live?
- New York
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- Being with my wife viewing the high Rockies
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- youthful lust
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- anyone in an O'Neill or Williams play
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Claudius, Diogenes the Cynic, Epicurius, Mark Twain, George Washington
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Barbara Tuchman, Marie Currie, Florence Nightengale, Catherine the Great
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Blanche DuBois
- Your favorite painter?
- Monet
- Your favorite musician?
- John Coltrane
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- controlled strength
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- intelligence
- Your favorite virtue?
- Kindness
- Your favorite occupation?
- Learning
- Who would you have liked to be?
- More productive
- Your most marked characteristic?
- wide field of interests
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Kindness
- What is your principle defect?
- low energy
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- cancer coming back after cure
- What would you like to be?
- more understanding, more patient with human behavior
- What is your favorite color?
- earth tones
- What is your favorite flower?
- lilac
- What is your favorite bird?
- crow
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Mishima, Twain
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Lorca, Pope, Kooser
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Ted Kooser, my wife, the unsung people who show selfless courage
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Catherine the Great, Barbara Jordan
- What are your favorite names?
- none come to mind
- What is it you most dislike?
- intentional cruelty
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Mao, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Vlad the Impaler, Tamerlane
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- WW Two invasion of Italy
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- Accurate perception
- How would you like to die?
- Very old, very peaceful, very quick
- What is your present state of mind?
- a vague sense of unease
- What is your motto?
- Wait and See
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