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On Tue, 12 Jan 16 02:17:55 UTC CockneyKnight (48) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be lonely and penniless
Where would you like to live?
Somewhere in Sussex
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be with my goddess and to immerse myself in my library
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Sarcasm
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
John Betjeman
Who are your favorite characters in history?
John Stow and Sir Christopher Wren
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Kate Bush
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
The beautiful, vulnerable and undertstated
Your favorite painter?
J.M.W. Turner
Your favorite musician?
Martin Fry
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence, morality, emotionally in-touch
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Grace, elegance, carriage, poise, style, intelligence, romance
Your favorite virtue?
The best virtues in a woman
Your favorite occupation?
Reading, writing, researching and listening
Who would you have liked to be?
Sir Christopher Wren
Your most marked characteristic?
Wanting to be loved and romanced
What do you most value in your friends?
Commonality
What is your principle defect?
Intolerance
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Not having more time with my grandfather and father
What would you like to be?
A successful historian
What is your favorite color?
Pastel shades
What is your favorite flower?
My goddess
What is your favorite bird?
Sparrow
Who are your favorite prose writers?
John Betjeman
Who are your favorite poets?
John Betjeman
Who are your heroes in real life?
John Betjeman, Gordon Ransay, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Boadicea
What are your favorite names?
Victor, Linda, Megan
What is it you most dislike?
Stupidity
What historical figures do you most despise?
Henry VIII
What event in military history do you most admire?
Montecassino
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
The ability to retain more information
How would you like to die?
Peacefully in my sleep
What is your present state of mind?
Calm
What is your motto?
Make-up is temporary, beauty is permanent

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