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On Sun, 26 Jun 11 08:16:28 UTC Nathan (28) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Loneliness
Where would you like to live?
New York City or Paris
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Reception of love and wealth, though not always a large amount
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Indifference and selfishness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Those who have sacrifice something of themselves for the greater or triumph of good
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Liberal politicians, Witty writers, and Humble intellectuals.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
See above answers
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Every character in "Sex and the City"
Your favorite painter?
Vincent Van Gogh or Manet
Your favorite musician?
Scissor Sisters or Kander and Ebb
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligent, Humble, Ethically bound, Devotion to purpose and to others, Honest and Kind
The quality you most admire in a woman?
See Above
Your favorite virtue?
Love
Your favorite occupation?
Drinking and laughing with friends, eating great food and dreaming
Who would you have liked to be?
God
Your most marked characteristic?
Kindness, gentleness and the virtues of a Gentleman, also selfishness and indifference
What do you most value in your friends?
Love, patience, a good conversation and a good laugh
What is your principle defect?
Endless worry, pessimism and regret
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Poverty and loneliness
What would you like to be?
Content, financially secure and intellectually ravenous
What is your favorite color?
I think I am most calm with blue
What is your favorite flower?
Pansy
What is your favorite bird?
Chicken
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Plato
Who are your favorite poets?
Myself
Who are your heroes in real life?
Too many to answer.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Ahn Sung Su Khi (I think thats how its spelt)
What are your favorite names?
Anything that rolls on the tongue
What is it you most dislike?
pompous words. Like those sought out by 19th Century poets to prove intellectual superiority
What historical figures do you most despise?
Too many to answer
What event in military history do you most admire?
The bravery of every soldier in every war.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Will power and irresistible charm
How would you like to die?
At home by suicide
What is your present state of mind?
Contentment and despair
What is your motto?
Wherever there is another human being, there is an opportunity for kindness - Seneca

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