Proust Questionnaire: attitude 's answers

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On Sat, 14 Oct 17 23:12:04 UTC attitude (49) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to be obstructed from helping, myself or anyone else.
Where would you like to live?: the USA of 1776 in ideal
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: a deep real relationship, challenging, opposing, supportive, inspiring, equal.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: contrariness, defiance
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: anyone who stands alone as an equal, no one who surrenders to hierarchy
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Simon Bolivar, Che Guevara, Spartacus, Richard Feynman, Crispus Attucks.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Emma Goldman, Carol Emshwiller, Frieda Kahlo, Lena Wertmuller
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: same as the Heros of fiction, alone and equal, not part of the heirarchy
Your favorite painter?: Escher
Your favorite musician?: Coltrane
The quality you most admire in a man?: talent, versatility, intelligence
The quality you most admire in a woman?: talent, versatility, intelligence
Your favorite virtue?: treating others as real people not part of your particular story
Your favorite occupation?: Thinking, arguing, learning
Who would you have liked to be?: It is impossible to understand wanting to be someone else
Your most marked characteristic?: intimidation
What do you most value in your friends?: awareness of others
What is your principle defect?: overbearing
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: allowing another to be harmed
What would you like to be?: a skilled artist, the talent to make others appreciate the beauty of the world
What is your favorite color?: dark red
What is your favorite flower?: I like orchids
What is your favorite bird?: the Crow
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Carol Emshwiller, Hemingway, Karl Edward Wagner,
Who are your favorite poets?: Anne Sexton, Federico Garcia Lorca, Artaud
Who are your heroes in real life?: none. a hero is found in a situation. honor yourself
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: same as earlier
What are your favorite names?: I like Xerxes
What is it you most dislike?: my failings, any selfish acts.
What historical figures do you most despise?: any king, any murderer, and any one who supported or admired them.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The American Revolution
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: some talent as an artist
How would you like to die?: alone and quickly, so no one has to watch me die
What is your present state of mind?: unhappily confused
What is your motto?: Never give an Inch.

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