Proust Questionnaire: Jay West's answers

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:41:03 UTC Jay West (27) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To be alone
Where would you like to live?: Paradise, wherever that may be
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be well off without the trappings of fame and notoriety
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To a life lived without knowing true love
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Holden Caulfield, Dr. Gregory House
Who are your favorite characters in history?: MLK, Barack Obama, anyone who has stood up for those who couldn't for themselves
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Aside from my mom, Benazir Bhutto and Rosa Parks
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Lara Croft?!??
Your favorite painter?: Van Gogh
Your favorite musician?: Timbaland
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, wit, restraint
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, beauty, the ability to be both demure and forceful
Your favorite virtue?: Self-control
Your favorite occupation?: Learning
Who would you have liked to be?: Sir Richard Branson
Your most marked characteristic?: The desire for knowledge
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty
What is your principle defect?: My inability to slow down and soak in life....there's always more to be done
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To leave this earth without having made a mark in it
What would you like to be?: Barack Obama
What is your favorite color?: Black....so straightforward, can't be compared to any other color
What is your favorite flower?: Proust nailed it......whatever she likes
What is your favorite bird?: An eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Bill Simmons, Rick Telander
Who are your favorite poets?: Walt Whitman, Maya Angelou, Malik Yusef
Who are your heroes in real life?: Those who have chose to fight a war that isn't theirs to fight
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Rosa Parks
What are your favorite names?: My own
What is it you most dislike?: Man's inability to compromise
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Battle of Iwo Jima
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Focus
How would you like to die?: Knowing I made a difference, and revered
What is your present state of mind?: Very serene
What is your motto?: With the same sword they knight you, they'll good night you.

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