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On Tue, 15 Mar 16 19:48:08 UTC Matthew Gordon (28) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be unwanted and unneeded
Where would you like to live?
In a city with a major airport because I wouldn't want to be confined
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be interested in things
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
I don't feel indulgent toward faults
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Steerpike
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Charles the Great, Richard I, Edward I
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Women who find balance in their lives, however they define it
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Adeline
Your favorite painter?
J.E.H. MacDonald
Your favorite musician?
Dion DiMucci
The quality you most admire in a man?
Relentlessness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Level-headedness
Your favorite virtue?
Considering all perspectives on an issue as well as possible
Your favorite occupation?
Mediating disputes
Who would you have liked to be?
Myself but having taken advantage of more opportunities
Your most marked characteristic?
A constant need for self-improvement
What do you most value in your friends?
That they are interesting people
What is your principle defect?
Inability to withstand attacks on my identity, even non-existent ones
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To live a long but uneventful life
What would you like to be?
Myself but better
What is your favorite color?
Red
What is your favorite flower?
Peony
What is your favorite bird?
Harpy eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?
At the moment, William Faulkner and Richard Matheson
Who are your favorite poets?
Christopher Marlowe
Who are your heroes in real life?
Anyone who rises above what was thought possible
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Jadwiga of Poland
What are your favorite names?
Any Biblical or Latin name that has persisted to the present
What is it you most dislike?
Stagnation
What historical figures do you most despise?
Joseph Stalin
What event in military history do you most admire?
Frederick II's rally after Kunersdorf
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
An even faster metabolism
How would you like to die?
With advance warning, so I can reflect on my life and arrange my affairs
What is your present state of mind?
Curiosity about myself as a person and the direction I am taking
What is your motto?
If you can't find a way, make a way.

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