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On Sun, 14 Oct 12 00:55:04 UTC Marie (19) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- To acknowledge the limitations of reality.
- Where would you like to live?
- Where adventure, suspense, and a larger plot in the universal scheme is afoot.
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- To be able to provide for myself and those I love the things that bring happiness and the situations that inspire it.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Sloth and self hatred, cynicism and pessimism.
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Those that don't care what they are portrayed as, following their values no matter how they're judged.
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Those who lead a quiet life of lasting influence.
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Those who used an intelligence beyond their time, living with a higher consciousness and realization of their values. Those who made their critics seem foolish in comparison.
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Those who wear wit as their armor and love as their dream- unconquerable, not in body but in mind and spirit.
- Your favorite painter?
- Since I don't know every painter there ever was or those that will follow I cannot say.
- Your favorite musician?
- As with painter I cannot say. But I enjoy Johnny cash and a variety of artists from this era.
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- The wisdom to not have preconceived notions and the ability to see what is true and still laugh at what is a hard truth.
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Wit, light-heartedness, pride, confidence, and endearing qualities that make them who they are.
- Your favorite virtue?
- Courage.
- Your favorite occupation?
- Reading, writing, painting, LEARNING...
- Who would you have liked to be?
- A better me.
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Cynicism.
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Honesty.
- What is your principle defect?
- Lack of motivation and positivity.
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- To not be remembered after I am gone.
- What would you like to be?
- Free.
- What is your favorite color?
- Those that inspire emotion.
- What is your favorite flower?
- The one that is still alive.
- What is your favorite bird?
- Eagle.
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- I like bits and pieces from everyone I've read. Even my sisters.
- Who are your favorite poets?
- The same as above.
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Those who've freed themself from circumstance by guts, mixup, determination, and hard work.
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Those that rose above their time and people while holding true to the core of who they were.
- What are your favorite names?
- Those with meaning and rhythm.
- What is it you most dislike?
- Myself in my most negative light. (ironically another reason to dislike myself)
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Those who were short sighted with skewed morals and prejudice.
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- I don't.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- Motivation (will power) and courage
- How would you like to die?
- I wouldn't. So I suppose with the sufficient amount of suffering to change that fact.
- What is your present state of mind?
- Distracted, overanalytical, and heavy hearted.
- What is your motto?
- Just breathe until you can't.
Another someone aspiring to be someone.
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