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On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:59:50 UTC Ellen answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be without books.
Where would you like to live?
U.S.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To live by the ocean surrounded by books and the ones I love.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Procrastination, feeling inadequate.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Tom Joad
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Thomas Jefferson
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Madeleine Albright
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Jane Eyre, Tess
Your favorite painter?
Jackson Pollock
Your favorite musician?
Sting
The quality you most admire in a man?
Confidence without cockiness.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
The ability to fit into any given situation.
Your favorite virtue?
Patience
Your favorite occupation?
Reading, painting
Who would you have liked to be?
Artist
Your most marked characteristic?
The need to feel accepted.
What do you most value in your friends?
That they want to be my friend.
What is your principle defect?
Impatience
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To never have learned to read.
What would you like to be?
An artist.
What is your favorite color?
Green
What is your favorite flower?
Gardenia
What is your favorite bird?
Owl
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Capote, Runyon
Who are your favorite poets?
Dickenson
Who are your heroes in real life?
Anyone who puts their safety on the line for others.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What are your favorite names?
Bartmann, Lucius, Clara and Grace
What is it you most dislike?
Ignorance
What historical figures do you most despise?
Oppressors
What event in military history do you most admire?
The bravery of the Native Americans.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
To sing.
How would you like to die?
Knowing that those I love know how much I loved them.
What is your present state of mind?
Frustration
What is your motto?
Screw it.

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