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On Sun, 24 Jul 11 17:08:41 UTC Mike (53) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To lose a child
Where would you like to live?
Where my loved ones reside
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be able to live (with my family) in comfort and to do the things we want to do, without having to worry about anything, money included.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Those which I myself portray.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Tom Jones, Pa Larkin, and similar larger than life characters.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
King Richard 1, Samuel Johnson, Indira Gandhi, Schindler, and other like all of these.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Any woman who has overcome adversity, especially adversity linked to gender bias.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Belle de Jour and Xaveria Hollander and any other happy hookers....
Your favorite painter?
Toulouse-Lautrec
Your favorite musician?
Chopin
The quality you most admire in a man?
Honesty/intergrity
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intelligence and natural beauty.
Your favorite virtue?
Those that are genuinely held
Your favorite occupation?
Making love to the most beautiful woman in the world
Who would you have liked to be?
A beautiful, intelligent and independent woman.
Your most marked characteristic?
A very strong sense of justice/injustice
What do you most value in your friends?
Honesty and good humour
What is your principle defect?
Prevarication
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Not living long enough to see my children happily married and with stable incomes.
What would you like to be?
A successful businessman/business woman
What is your favorite color?
why does it matter? I know what colours to wear and which not to wear (and when).
What is your favorite flower?
The Crimson Beauty Rose
What is your favorite bird?
Robin
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Me
Who are your favorite poets?
Alfred Noyes and William Wordswoth
Who are your heroes in real life?
My father.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Joan of Arc, Indira Gandhi
What are your favorite names?
Samantha
What is it you most dislike?
Dishonesty and corruption
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler, Mussolini
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Strength of character and an irresistable charm.
How would you like to die?
Happy
What is your present state of mind?
Melancholy
What is your motto?
I came, I saw, I loved.

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