Proust Questionnaire: Greg's answers

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On Sun, 05 Oct 14 13:15:31 UTC Greg (53) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To be apart from those I love
Where would you like to live?: on a farm next to a creek
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be with those I love, in nature, fit and healthy
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: expecting people to want to be moral or good
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who go beyond themselves to help others
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Einstein, the Dalai Lama
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My wife Pam, my mother Joyce, my grandmother Alyce; genius women who overcame adversity
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Probably Katniss from the Hunger Games or Trinity from the Matrix
Your favorite painter?: Monet
Your favorite musician?: Eddie Vedder
The quality you most admire in a man?: Humility in the face of intelligence and power
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Humility in the face of intelligence and beauty
Your favorite virtue?: honesty
Your favorite occupation?: writing
Who would you have liked to be?: a brilliant scientist or writer
Your most marked characteristic?: hard working and loyal to a fault
What do you most value in your friends?: loyalty, kindheartedness
What is your principle defect?: inability to forgive myself
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to lose my family
What would you like to be?: a great writer
What is your favorite color?: blue
What is your favorite flower?: wildflowers in the mountains in the spring
What is your favorite bird?: scrubjay
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Daniel Silva
Who are your heroes in real life?: Einstein, Schrodinger
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Margaret Thatcher
What are your favorite names?: mine
What is it you most dislike?: my weaknesses
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler, Stalin, Amin
What event in military history do you most admire?: d-day
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: the ability to write
How would you like to die?: well loved by my children, having led a well-lived life
What is your present state of mind?: calm, becoming awakened
What is your motto?: never, ever give up.

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