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On Wed, 09 Nov 16 21:43:05 UTC Michael (51) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be silent
Where would you like to live?
In a truly democratic nation
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be understood
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Conviction
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The reluctant hero
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Shakespeare
Your favorite painter?
Van Gogh
Your favorite musician?
Van Halen
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence, morality, ethical
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Gentleness, insightfulness
Your favorite virtue?
compassion
Your favorite occupation?
writing
Who would you have liked to be?
Me, over again with a better chance
Your most marked characteristic?
Passionate
What do you most value in your friends?
Inquisitiveness
What is your principle defect?
Too passionate
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
to be mute
What would you like to be?
A great writer
What is your favorite color?
The blue of an unsoiled sky
What is your favorite flower?
Rose
What is your favorite bird?
Cardinal
Who are your favorite prose writers?
James Lee Burke, Martin Cruz Smith, Lawrence Block
Who are your favorite poets?
Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Frost
Who are your heroes in real life?
Writers. Steinbeck, mostly.
What is it you most dislike?
Ignorance
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?
Operation Overlord
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Eloquence
How would you like to die?
Under a library of my own works
What is your present state of mind?
Lost
What is your motto?
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

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