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On Tue, 24 Aug 10 01:42:52 UTC Jo (20) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To live an unfulfilling life
Where would you like to live?
In a land of rational empiricists
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be with those I love and to have access to arts, culture, travel, and science
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
My intellect
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Those who defy social mores of their time, including Dorian Gray
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Aristotle, Julius Caesar, Augustine, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, David Hume, Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, Rosalind Franklin, Ayn Rand, Richard Dawkins
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Those who are educated, outspoken, and passionate and/or my mom
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Edna Pontellier from The Awakening by Kate Chopin then maybe Hester Prynne
Your favorite painter?
Paul Cezanne
Your favorite musician?
John Lennon
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence, morality, understanding
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Curiousity, independence, athleticism
Your favorite virtue?
Honesty
Your favorite occupation?
Day dreaming
Who would you have liked to be?
A genetic clone of myself born 50 years after my birth
Your most marked characteristic?
My height
What do you most value in your friends?
Respect
What is your principle defect?
Forgiveness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Never to have loved
What would you like to be?
Myself
What is your favorite color?
Turquoise
What is your favorite flower?
An orchid
What is your favorite bird?
Falcon or a swan
Who are your favorite prose writers?
I'm not familiar with enough prose writers to choose favorites, yet.
Who are your favorite poets?
Frost, Eliot, and Goethe
Who are your heroes in real life?
My teachers
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Dolly Madison, Marie Currie, Rosalind Franklin, Anne Frank
What are your favorite names?
Too embarrassing and would identify me
What is it you most dislike?
Intolerance and Ignorance
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler and Jefferson Davis
What event in military history do you most admire?
The Battle of Yorktown and The Battle of Britain
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Ability to bend space/time
How would you like to die?
With a legacy
What is your present state of mind?
Curious
What is your motto?
An unexamined life is not worth living

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