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On Sat, 21 Feb 15 19:04:02 UTC Michael (52) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
to be alje
Where would you like to live?
rural northern California
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
to be surrounded by lush nature and happy dogs
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
to despair and melamcholy
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
to those who express an ideal, such as Deucalian, and Leonidas
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Themistocles, Caesar Augustus, King Leondas, George Washington, Cincinnatus
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Joan d'Arc, Madam Currie, Florence Nightingale
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Ms Marple, Wonder Woman
Your favorite painter?
Monet
Your favorite musician?
Chopin
The quality you most admire in a man?
loyalty
The quality you most admire in a woman?
kindness and thoughtfulness
Your favorite virtue?
fidelity
Your favorite occupation?
playing with my dogs
Who would you have liked to be?
Vespacian
Your most marked characteristic?
melancholy
What do you most value in your friends?
fidelity and tenderness
What is your principle defect?
impatience and despair
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
that the Amercan Republic should fail
What would you like to be?
a man true of heart and pure of spirit
What is your favorite color?
blue
What is your favorite flower?
pink rose
What is your favorite bird?
perregrine falcon
Who are your favorite prose writers?
anne rice, Neville and Purnelle,
Who are your favorite poets?
Yates, Byron, Shakespear
Who are your heroes in real life?
Dr Sasha Guglia, Gen George Patton
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Joan D'Arc, Madame Currie
What are your favorite names?
Josephine, Gladys, Preston, Christopher, Michael
What is it you most dislike?
hypocracy, lying
What historical figures do you most despise?
Stalin, FDR, Obama
What event in military history do you most admire?
the Spartan sacrifice at Thermopylae
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
intellectual brilliance
How would you like to die?
quietly, having lived well
What is your present state of mind?
amusement
What is your motto?
life is what happens while we are making other plans

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