Proust Questionnaire: Douglis's answers

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On Fri, 20 Jan 17 03:18:34 UTC Douglis (44) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Lonliness around others.
Where would you like to live?: Anywhere money didn't matter
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A great film and tub of popcorn.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: criticism
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Daedalus and the Sun
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Only the tragic but brilliant ones. Wittgenstein comes to mind...
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Mothers in general. But also those that fight for them.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Not many. Clytemnestra comes to mind.
Your favorite painter?: Cezanne.
Your favorite musician?: New Order.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Vigilance.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Tenacity.
Your favorite virtue?: Honesty.
Your favorite occupation?: Dreaming.
Who would you have liked to be?: A scientist.
Your most marked characteristic?: Opinion.
What do you most value in your friends?: Understanding.
What is your principle defect?: Imperfection.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Shallowness.
What would you like to be?: Happy.
What is your favorite color?: Blue.
What is your favorite flower?: Trees.
What is your favorite bird?: Cardinals.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Honest and direct ones who have a way with language. Rebecca Solnit comes to mind.
Who are your favorite poets?: Bronk, Creeley, Olson, Strand, and many others of that ilk.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Those that exhibit political courage.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Rosa. Luxumborg and Parks.
What are your favorite names?: My own.
What is it you most dislike?: Shyness.
What historical figures do you most despise?: The aggressors of wars.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The civil rights movement.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Beauty.
How would you like to die?: Happy.
What is your present state of mind?: Reflection.
What is your motto?: Authenticity or else!

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