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On Fri, 11 Jul 14 18:17:45 UTC David E.J.A Bennett (29) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- The death of any child
- Where would you like to live?
- Inverness - Scottish Higlands
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- to be able to give other people the things which make them happy
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- allowing myself to partake in consumerism
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Lord Henry Wotton, the wittiest man in literary history. his control of other humans is intriguing, although i don't agree with his intentions
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Albert Einstein, the profound humanitarian genius; Ovid, the most complete documentor of classical myth
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Mother; and any woman who understands that 'Romance' is a reference to 19th century poetry
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- My very own Francine Black. I've grown to become quite fond of her
- Your favorite painter?
- Dali, the surrealist; Vermeer, the realist
- Your favorite musician?
- Morrissey
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- humor and intelligence
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- humor and intelligence
- Your favorite virtue?
- kindness
- Your favorite occupation?
- writing opinion, debating, wandering aimlessly around central london
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Plato - to know firsthand of Socrates
- Your most marked characteristic?
- the desire to know more
- What do you most value in your friends?
- humor
- What is your principle defect?
- not doing more to help people who need help
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- to have followed in my father's footsteps
- What would you like to be?
- everything that i am - and will be
- What is your favorite color?
- the unbroken green of untouched nature
- What is your favorite flower?
- cherry blossom and its Japanese meaning
- What is your favorite bird?
- the Robin
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Plato, Ovid, Shakespeare
- Who are your favorite poets?
- W. Shakespeare, R. Burns, W. Blake, W. Wordsworth, J. Keats, T. Hughes, etc
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Mother
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Marie Curie the double Nobel prize winner, and Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a bus
- What are your favorite names?
- the one that is on my mind the most
- What is it you most dislike?
- ignorance and lack of acting upon what people are ignorant of
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Augustus, first emperor of Rome, for sending Ovid into exile out of jealousy
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- Defeat of Nazism at Normandy - although all militarism is abhorrent
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- more openness to my own emotions
- What is your present state of mind?
- at peace with itself
- What is your motto?
- learn something, question everything, answer nothing - which i stole from Euripides
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