Proust Questionnaire: Carol's answers

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On Tue, 12 Jan 16 13:36:48 UTC Carol (60) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To not care for anything but ones self
Where would you like to live?: in the midst of beauty
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: finding what one loves and being able to do it
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: anger, depression
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: those that stand up for their beliefs, are true to their inner most selves
Who are your favorite characters in history?: camus, gandhi, martin luther king, isaac newton, darwin, those that move mankind on to a more enlightened level
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: those who achieve their goals without ego or thought to being a woman, work for the greater good
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: strong women without ego
Your favorite painter?: pierre bonnard
Your favorite musician?: claude debussy
The quality you most admire in a man?: intelligence, empathy, strength of spirit
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence, empathy, strength of spirit
Your favorite virtue?: all the virtues which create a compassionate person
Your favorite occupation?: reading, painting, imagining, traveling
Who would you have liked to be?: paul cezanne
Your most marked characteristic?: endless curiosity
What do you most value in your friends?: honesty and generosity and curiosity
What is your principle defect?: laziness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to live in a repressive society
What would you like to be?: my truest self
What is your favorite color?: i love all colors
What is your favorite flower?: every flower has its utmost beauty
What is your favorite bird?: crow
Who are your favorite prose writers?: their are too many to choose from
Who are your favorite poets?: the poets who force me to see and feel deeply
Who are your heroes in real life?: barrack obama, franklin delano roosevelt
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: helen keller, the suffragettes,
What are your favorite names?: hazel, violette, julian, beatrix,
What is it you most dislike?: stupidity and selfishness
What historical figures do you most despise?: hitler, stalin, mao, all those who forced their dominance and agendas on others
What event in military history do you most admire?: those that freed people from repression
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: generosity
How would you like to die?: without knowing it
What is your present state of mind?: frustration of having a sleepy brain
What is your motto?: i'm not sure I have one

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