Proust Questionnaire: Dennis's answers

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On Sun, 17 May 15 04:54:31 UTC Dennis (61) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: addiction
Where would you like to live?: Saskatchewan
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be unaffected by the baser desires.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: passions of the flesh
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Aragorn, Puddleglum, those who treat others well despite adversity.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Lincoln, Charles Westley, those who through faith and perserverance change the course of history.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Mother Teresa, Ruth
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Katniss Everdeen, Lisbeth Salander, Eowyn of Rohan
Your favorite painter?: Dan Burslem, a young friend who works painting houses.
Your favorite musician?: J. S. Bach, my wife walked up the aisle to "Jesu Joy"
The quality you most admire in a man?: Integrity
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Encouragement
Your favorite virtue?: Integrity.
Your favorite occupation?: Creating a well done job where before there only existed shoddy quality work.
Who would you have liked to be?: My father
Your most marked characteristic?: selfishness
What do you most value in your friends?: empathy
What is your principle defect?: lack of self control
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to lose my mental faculties
What would you like to be?: a godly man
What is your favorite color?: blue
What is your favorite flower?: rose
What is your favorite bird?: eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Ravi Zacharias, Lincoln
Who are your favorite poets?: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen,
Who are your heroes in real life?: My Father, My Uncle Pete, My uncle Henry, President Obama
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Joan of arc, Mary, the mother of Jesus, Ruth,
What are your favorite names?: Katrimikrate (my grandmother), Eowyn
What is it you most dislike?: I agree with Proust, my own worst qualities.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Caligula, Mohammed the prophet, Stalin
What event in military history do you most admire?: D-day, the invasion of Normandy
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: empathy
How would you like to die?: repentant
What is your present state of mind?: introspection
What is your motto?: Sadly, "Live for the moment"

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