Proust Questionnaire: asmitchel's answers

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On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:30:39 UTC asmitchel (67) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to see a wrong and be unable to right it
Where would you like to live?: satisfied with where I am
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to be near my grandchildren, my books, my kayak, extended sex
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: mental masturbation about social problems I cannot fix
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Ernie Levy, Stingo. Julien Sorel, Paul Morel
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Jefferson, Nelson, FDR
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: my therapist, Marianne Wright Edelman, Hillary Clinton
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Jane Eyre, Sophie Z, Little Dorrit, Madame Bovary
Your favorite painter?: Seurat
Your favorite musician?: Bach, Beethoven, Glenn Gould, Francoise Hardy
The quality you most admire in a man?: intelligence and a good heart
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence and a good heart
Your favorite virtue?: acceptance
Your favorite occupation?: reading Emily Dickinson, writing, kayaking
Who would you have liked to be?: a person who makes a difference
Your most marked characteristic?: sense of humor
What do you most value in your friends?: loyalty, openness to new ideas, acceptance of others
What is your principle defect?: impatient with intolerant people
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: the untimely death of my children and my grandchildren
What would you like to be?: happy with who I am
What is your favorite color?: blue
What is your favorite flower?: dogwood
What is your favorite bird?: the Cardinal
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Andre Schwarz-Bart, D.H. Lawrence, Styron, Stendahl
Who are your favorite poets?: Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Billy Collins
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Elizabeth I
What are your favorite names?: Elaine, Ben, Linda, Aaron, Robin
What is it you most dislike?: arrogance and close mindedness
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler, Stalin, Joe McCarthy, George W. Bush
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Battle of Trafalgar
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: intelligence and the talent to play a musical instrument
How would you like to die?: in my sleep or surrounded by family, friends and lovers (see Remy Girard)
What is your present state of mind?: at peace
What is your motto?: Those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it.

67 year old left wing liberal, pseudo autodidact, passionate about politics, art and women

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