Proust Questionnaire: akanthe's answers

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On Sun, 16 Nov 14 21:43:41 UTC akanthe (19) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To be unable to think clearly.
Where would you like to live?: In a large house, preferably a rural area, with not many people around.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be successful.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Dismissal of others.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who are strong-willed and persistent, who endure hardships.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Every woman who has stood for female rights, especially when they risked their lives for their own rights.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: A woman who does not need to rely on others to validate herself, who accepts others and who is successful but not overtly egotistical.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: I adore Wonder Woman.
Your favorite painter?: Leonardo da Vinci.
Your favorite musician?: Beyonce.
The quality you most admire in a man?: A sense of respect for everyone who is deserving.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Self assurance, respect for all who are deserving.
Your favorite virtue?: Patience.
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, researching.
Who would you have liked to be?: Someone precisely four years older than myself.
Your most marked characteristic?: Determination.
What do you most value in your friends?: A knowledge of my personality, and an understanding of me.
What is your principle defect?: Dismissal of others.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To fail to succeed.
What would you like to be?: Successful, by my eyes.
What is your favorite color?: Red.
What is your favorite flower?: Rose.
What is your favorite bird?: Mockingbird.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Currently, Harper Lee, J.K Rowling, Iain M. Banks.
Who are your favorite poets?: Maya Angelou.
Who are your heroes in real life?: My father, those who stand up for injustice.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Jeanne d'Arc, Cleopatra
What are your favorite names?: Alistair, Ludwig, Erwin, Olive, Elizabeth
What is it you most dislike?: A lack of focus.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Those who cause injustice.
What event in military history do you most admire?: I couldn't answer sufficiently...
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Incredible self control.
How would you like to die?: If I had a choice, I never would. But as it is; old and beloved.
What is your present state of mind?: Concern at the time...
What is your motto?: I'm fine.

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