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On Sat, 12 May 12 16:58:40 UTC ile105 (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To have to unfairly pay for others' crimes.
Where would you like to live?
Wherever I'd be free to be whoever I am.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be able to fulfill my aspirations, and to always have new ones.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Lying.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Robin Hood, and in generally the ones who did have something to lose.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Cicero, Alexander the Great, Queen Elizabeth.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
The women who were supposed to be "supporting actress" and became "leading actress", like my grandmother.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
The Jane Austen's women.
Your favorite painter?
Monet.
Your favorite musician?
Bono Vox.
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence, education, civil commitment.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Self humour, intelligence, open mind.
Your favorite virtue?
Being able to handle any kind of situation with less possible damage .
Your favorite occupation?
Watching TV series, talking common interests, reading.
Who would you have liked to be?
A Broadway star.
Your most marked characteristic?
Deep thinking.
What do you most value in your friends?
Being there when needed.
What is your principle defect?
Lack of humility.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To not have friends.
What would you like to be?
Better, for those I love.
What is your favorite color?
Blue. Every shade of it.
What is your favorite flower?
Blue roses.
What is your favorite bird?
The nightingale.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Paul Auster, Jane Austen, David Foster Wallace, Alessandro Manzoni.
Who are your favorite poets?
Dante, Keats, Shakespeare.
Who are your heroes in real life?
My grandmother, and anyone who believes it's still woth fighting.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Marie Curie.
What are your favorite names?
I don't know.
What is it you most dislike?
Ignorance, obtusity, small thinking.
What historical figures do you most despise?
The dictators.
What event in military history do you most admire?
The Thermopilis battle.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Mind reading.
How would you like to die?
Without knowing it.
What is your present state of mind?
Not happiness.
What is your motto?
Better late than never.

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