Proust Questionnaire: Dave Cresswell's answers

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On Mon, 31 May 10 17:29:42 +0000 Dave Cresswell (46) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The loss of a loved one.
Where would you like to live?: Isle of Wight
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A warm summer’s day with sail or steam.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Impatience
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Horatio Hornblower, Jack Aubrey, Sherlock Holmes
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Horatio Nelson, William Stanier, Pat Collins
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Lisa Potts, Hilary Lister
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Elizabeth Bennett, Scarlett O’Hara, Jane Eyre
Your favorite painter?: John Chancellor
Your favorite musician?: Richard Rodgers
The quality you most admire in a man?: Bravery
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Sense of humour
Your favorite virtue?: Prudence
Your favorite occupation?: Organ building
Who would you have liked to be?: Jean Paul Getty
Your most marked characteristic?: Light-hearted cynicism
What do you most value in your friends?: An ability to tolerate me.
What is your principle defect?: Lack of commitment.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Loss of sight and hearing
What would you like to be?: Contented.
What is your favorite color?: Crimson Lake.
What is your favorite flower?: Camellia.
What is your favorite bird?: The robin.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: C.S. Forrester, Patrick O’Brien, Herman Melville, Loren Eiseley.
Who are your favorite poets?: W.B. Yeats, John Masefield, Wilfred Owen.
Who are your heroes in real life?: My father and my mentor Keith Smith
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Florence Nightingale, Amy Johnson, Marie Curie
What are your favorite names?: Victoria, Peter
What is it you most dislike?: My current job!
What historical figures do you most despise?: Robespierre, Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: Battle of Trafalgar
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Eloquence
How would you like to die?: In my sleep.
What is your present state of mind?: Happy.
What is your motto?: I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.

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