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On Fri, 20 Jan 12 20:26:36 UTC Melly answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be alone and hated and despised by all creatures
Where would you like to live?
Galway, Ireland
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
to be loved and to always be busy with new fun creative ideas
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
to orphans
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes, Tintin
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Boudicca, Michael Collins, Grainne O'Malley
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Coco Chanel, my mother.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Nancy Drew, Sara Crewe, Violet Baudelaire
Your favorite painter?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Your favorite musician?
Coldplay
The quality you most admire in a man?
Kindness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
tactful honesty
Your favorite virtue?
Bravery
Your favorite occupation?
reading writing and running
Who would you have liked to be?
zoologist
Your most marked characteristic?
To want to be perfect
What do you most value in your friends?
a sense of humour, fun and adventure
What is your principle defect?
lack of self confidence
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
to be alone and hated and despised by both mankind and nature
What would you like to be?
Nancy Drew
What is your favorite color?
blue
What is your favorite flower?
tiger lillies
What is your favorite bird?
the swallow
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Anne Fine, Frances Hodgeson Burnette,
Who are your favorite poets?
kingsly amis and shakespeare
Who are your heroes in real life?
Coco Chanel, my mother.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
boudicca grainne o'malley
What are your favorite names?
Emma, Sean
What is it you most dislike?
cowardice
What historical figures do you most despise?
judas escariot, elizabeth I margaret thatcher
What event in military history do you most admire?
the 1916 rising
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
charm bravery perfection
How would you like to die?
peacefully and happily
What is your present state of mind?
curious
What is your motto?
adventure is worthwhile in itself

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