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On Sat, 12 Jun 10 20:24:11 UTC greythorne (38) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to be separated from my children and unjust imprisonment
Where would you like to live?: new york or london
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: profligacy
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Holden Caulfield, Vic Mackey, Jay Gatsby, Patrick Bateman
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Charles Darwin, Hypatia (Alexandria-era mathematician killed by the Christian mob), John F. Kennedy, Violette Szabo (WWII Allied secret agent, code name: Louise!), Miep Gies (concealed Anne Frank and family)
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Madeleine Albright, Gabrielle Palmer, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Mia Farrow, Viviana Durante (ballerina), Hilda Matheson (founder of BBC Radio 4)
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Franny Glass, CJ Cregg, Hirondelle (BBC1's The Fourth Arm), Princess Leia, Ripley in Alien
Your favorite painter?: Pablo Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens,Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin, Stanley Spencer, Odilon Redon
Your favorite musician?: The Cure, The Smiths, Coldplay, Orbital, Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, The Beatles
The quality you most admire in a man?: Generosity, integrity, courage, pragmatism
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Kindness, forgiveness, empathy
Your favorite virtue?: Fortitude
Your favorite occupation?: Reading. Novels, biographies, non-fiction, newspapers, online.
Who would you have liked to be?: Naomi Wolf (writer, feminist, mother)

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