Proust Questionnaire: David Thomas's answers

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On Fri, 11 Nov 16 04:08:52 UTC David Thomas (60) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To live in a world without freedom.
Where would you like to live?: Paris, New York, Milan. All of these and more.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A long run and a good book.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Deliberate ignorance.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The Count of Monte Cristo, for his ingenuity amid extreme circumstances.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Leonardo da Vinci and Carl Sagan.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, and Joan of Arc.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Katniss Everdeen and Tris Prior.
Your favorite painter?: Van Gogh.
Your favorite musician?: George Gershwin.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Empathy.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Independence.
Your favorite virtue?: Kindness.
Your favorite occupation?: Teacher.
Who would you have liked to be?: An astronaut.
Your most marked characteristic?: I can usually make even the grumpiest person smile.
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty.
What is your principle defect?: Will power, specifically with certain foods.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Not being able to see a sunrise.
What would you like to be?: An explorer and lifelong learner.
What is your favorite color?: Green.
What is your favorite flower?: Edelweiss.
What is your favorite bird?: Falcon.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Tolkien, Dumas, and Vonnegut.
Who are your favorite poets?: Frost and Angelou.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Anyone who stops what he/she is doing to help someone in need.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Amelia Earhart and Hedy Lamarr.
What are your favorite names?: Snowbell (my dad used to call me this).
What is it you most dislike?: People who refuse to accept there may be another side to anything. Ignorance!
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler, Mussolini, and most of the popes.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Battle of Thermopylae.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: I would like to be able to draw.
How would you like to die?: Alone, on the water, I'd stay up long enough to see the sunrise, then go to sleep.
What is your present state of mind?: Mellow.
What is your motto?: Knowledge is power (and sexy).

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