Proust Questionnaire: Kieran's answers

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On Fri, 16 Dec 11 10:29:15 UTC Kieran (22) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The moment of realisation that you are going to die an avoidable death.
Where would you like to live?: Somewhere that actually propagates democracy instead of the farce we have at the minute.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Meet a woman I wouldn't mind spending the rest of my life with, and to revolutionize an aspect of my area of expertise.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Living a fantasy in my head that, sometimes, distracts me from reality.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Rudy Waltz; Leopold Bloom; Leonard Shelby.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Where to start... Robert Fisk, James Connolly, Tony Judt, Ayrton Senna.
Your favorite painter?: Edward Hopper and William Orpen
Your favorite musician?: Samuel Barber, The Beatles, Justin Vernon and J-Ivy.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Independence of thought and a directionally sound moral compass.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, a sense of humour and the ability to be able to carry off short hair.
Your favorite virtue?: Selflessness
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, writing, dreaming, watching and exercising.
Who would you have liked to be?: Nobody but myself.
Your most marked characteristic?: My work ethic and intelligence
What do you most value in your friends?: An ability to invest time in friendship.
What is your principle defect?: leaving a gap between what I aspire to and what I achieve.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Never to have known my mother or my grandmother
What would you like to be?: A world-class academic in the humanities and social sciences.
What is your favorite color?: Blue
What is your favorite flower?: I don't have one.
What is your favorite bird?: An eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Kurt Vonnegut, James Joyce and Joseph Conrad.
Who are your favorite poets?: Edward Thomas
Who are your heroes in real life?: My father
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: I haven't read enough to decide.
What are your favorite names?: That's a silly question
What is it you most dislike?: Laziness.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush (both of them), Tony Blair, Charlie Haughey,
What event in military history do you most admire?: Operation Mincemeat.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: I'm happy with the ones I've been given.
How would you like to die?: Preferably painlessly, surrounded by those I love and made a small change to the world for the better.
What is your present state of mind?: Relaxed
What is your motto?: There are better best friends to man than a dog, namely truth, intellect and hard work.

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