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On Tue, 12 Jan 16 08:10:41 UTC Genie (58) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
losing a child
Where would you like to live?
seaside
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
to live with loved ones in material comfort next to a beautiful and natural setting
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
junk food
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Frodo, Genji, Neo, Iorek Byrnison, Hanuman, Odysseus
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Ghandi, Frederick Douglas, Fred Astaire
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Indira Ghandi, Florence Nightingale, Jane Goodall, Joan of Arc
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
brave and feminine women
Your favorite painter?
Chagall
Your favorite musician?
Mozart
The quality you most admire in a man?
emotional Intelligence
The quality you most admire in a woman?
emotional intelligence
Your favorite virtue?
compassion
Your favorite occupation?
surfing, being in the sun
Who would you have liked to be?
I wouldn't change, but if I had to: Doris Duke
Your most marked characteristic?
calmness
What do you most value in your friends?
loyalty
What is your principle defect?
melancholy
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
not to have known my son
What would you like to be?
In the present
What is your favorite color?
green
What is your favorite flower?
rose
What is your favorite bird?
Koa'e kea
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Shakespeare, James Joyce
Who are your favorite poets?
Shakespeare, Robert Frost
Who are your heroes in real life?
Mom, Baby Daddy, Son
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Indira Ghandi, Florence Nightingale
What are your favorite names?
too many to list
What is it you most dislike?
cruelty
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jung Il
What event in military history do you most admire?
Spartans holding off the Romans
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
natural-born dancer, singer and play a guitar and/or piano
How would you like to die?
peacefully
What is your present state of mind?
contemplative
What is your motto?
just BE

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