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On Sun, 04 Jul 10 13:54:28 UTC VinnyGreenock72 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?
The place does not exist. It would be a model of true equality, peace, monetary irrelevance, and religious retreat
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
the removal of modern pains to be replaced by a return to a more simplistic way of life
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
self pity
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
the ones who see the world contrary to the mainstream
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Galileo, Thomas More, Giordano Bruno
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
nurturing mothers
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
not sure
Your favorite painter?
michelangelo
Your favorite musician?
too many
The quality you most admire in a man?
conviction
The quality you most admire in a woman?
sensitivity
Your favorite virtue?
morality
Your favorite occupation?
relaxing, thinking, documentaries
Who would you have liked to be?
carl sagan
Your most marked characteristic?
stubborness
What do you most value in your friends?
ears
What is your principle defect?
distraction
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
having come close to death, without seeing with clarity, how special life is
What would you like to be?
a person who makes others question accepted truths
What is your favorite color?
red
What is your favorite flower?
the rose
What is your favorite bird?
the eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?
carl sagan, christopher hitchens
Who are your favorite poets?
poe
Who are your heroes in real life?
sagan, dawkins, darwin, hitchens...too many
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
hamer, rankin
What are your favorite names?
hi
What is it you most dislike?
aggression
What historical figures do you most despise?
any purveyors of threats based on power
What event in military history do you most admire?
any in which the victory would be considered as being for the side wronged
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
oratory
How would you like to die?
with dignity, strength and the firm held belief that my atoms will be recycled eternally
What is your present state of mind?
contemplative
What is your motto?
where theres life, theres hope

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