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On Fri, 16 Dec 11 14:36:51 UTC asherville (55) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
to know you have abused someone helpless
Where would you like to live?
France
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
to be surrounded by those I love, by beauty - both natural and human-made, by books, by music
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
n/a
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Dr. Rieux and Tarrou
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Jesus, daVinci, van Gogh, Camus
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
strong, intelligent/intellectual women
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Therese Desqueyroux
Your favorite painter?
van Gogh
Your favorite musician?
Vivaldi
The quality you most admire in a man?
intellect
The quality you most admire in a woman?
intellect
Your favorite virtue?
honesty
Your favorite occupation?
professor
Who would you have liked to be?
a great writer
Your most marked characteristic?
a need to be recognized
What do you most value in your friends?
kindness and intelligence
What is your principle defect?
quick temper, hasty judgment
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
to have not known my grandmother or aunt
What would you like to be?
a better self
What is your favorite color?
green and brown
What is your favorite flower?
marigolds
What is your favorite bird?
crow
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Camus,
Who are your favorite poets?
Lora D. Reiter
Who are your heroes in real life?
Sonja Stary, Bob Beck, Doug Wathier
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Alienor d'Aquitaine
What are your favorite names?
Nora and Jacob
What is it you most dislike?
abusive people, uneducated people
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler, Rasputin
What event in military history do you most admire?
D-Day in Normandy
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
charisma
How would you like to die?
wiser, more filled with faith, kinder
What is your present state of mind?
curiosity about the questions, frustration that my son will not get up for school
What is your motto?
I have none.

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