Proust Questionnaire: POLLY12's answers

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On Wed, 27 Dec 17 14:58:21 UTC POLLY12 answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Being cold and hungry
Where would you like to live?: I am happy where I live now
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be contented as one is without nagging thoughts of wanting what others have
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Indecision
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who are able to find the good in bad situations. Pollyanna
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Churchill, Aristotle, Marx, Jung, Tolstoy
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Mothers who pay attention to their children's growth into adults with integrity
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: In general I do not find fictional heroines inspirational or interesting because of the fact they are a construct of unreality. A childhood fictional character that is my favourite is Pollyanna.
Your favorite painter?: Vincent Van Goch
Your favorite musician?: Chopin
The quality you most admire in a man?: Respect for others, consideration, humour
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Authenticity, knowledge
Your favorite virtue?: Trustworthiness
Your favorite occupation?: Learning, mending, creating
Who would you have liked to be?: I've never had the desire to be anyone else.
Your most marked characteristic?: Determination to solve a problem
What do you most value in your friends?: I don't like to have friends. I find their tendency to make demands on my time hinders my engagement with interests.
What is your principle defect?: Procrastination in areas of exercise and diet
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To live forever in poverty
What would you like to be?: More content with who I am.
What is your favorite color?: White
What is your favorite flower?: Tiger Lily for the scent
What is your favorite bird?: Common garden sparrow due to my experience of watching them in my family garden as I looked out of the bedroom window as a child.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: I have none
Who are your favorite poets?: None
Who are your heroes in real life?: Mother, grandmother, father
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: None
What are your favorite names?: Pollyanna, Sophia
What is it you most dislike?: Abusive people
What historical figures do you most despise?: Margaret Thatcher
What event in military history do you most admire?: None, all wars are abhorrent
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Musical
How would you like to die?: Unaware in my sleep
What is your present state of mind?: Distraction. Doing this questionnaire while thinking of the chores I should be doing.
What is your motto?: You always get what you want in life....just not necessarily at the same time.

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