Proust Questionnaire: Joe's answers

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On Sat, 30 Dec 17 06:16:59 UTC Joe (33) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Realizing you are a failure and your life is meaningless and ought to end
Where would you like to live?: In a very big, comfortable house or mansion
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To feel neither worry nor pain
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Inability to control one's life and direction
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Ivan Ilyich, Saleem Sinai
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Either none or too many
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Don't know
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Penelope, Dido
Your favorite painter?: Jacques-Louis David
Your favorite musician?: None
The quality you most admire in a man?: Nonchalance
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Awe-inspiring physical beauty
Your favorite virtue?: Broad-mindedness
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, watching sports, listening to music, playing guitar, other geeky hobbies
Who would you have liked to be?: Somebody of significance
Your most marked characteristic?: Indifference
What do you most value in your friends?: Couldn't say
What is your principle defect?: Inability to create and sustain meaningful relationships with others
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To go from extreme wealth to extreme poverty
What would you like to be?: Somebody who creates for a living
What is your favorite color?: Green
What is your favorite flower?: Don't have one
What is your favorite bird?: None
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Leo Tolstoy
Who are your favorite poets?: A.E. Housman
Who are your heroes in real life?: I don't have any
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Aung San Suu Kyi
What are your favorite names?: French names because they sound impressive, elegant, and sophisticated
What is it you most dislike?: Deceit
What historical figures do you most despise?: Most current US politicians
What event in military history do you most admire?: I don't admire events in military history
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Charisma
How would you like to die?: Quickly
What is your present state of mind?: Introspective
What is your motto?: Don't be That Guy

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