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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:52:21 UTC j2a18m (43) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
to be unable to care for my family
Where would you like to live?
right where I am
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
to live simply, with a sense of awareness in the moment, to find as much laughter and joy in each day as is possible
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
to the fault of pride
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Jack Burden,
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman,
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Shirley Chisolm,
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Woman out of Time,
Your favorite painter?
Van Gogh
Your favorite musician?
Brahms
The quality you most admire in a man?
competence
The quality you most admire in a woman?
competence
Your favorite virtue?
compassion
Your favorite occupation?
reading
Who would you have liked to be?
Barack Obama
Your most marked characteristic?
passion
What do you most value in your friends?
loyalty
What is your principle defect?
carelessness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
to lose my children
What would you like to be?
happy
What is your favorite color?
fuscia
What is your favorite flower?
peonies
What is your favorite bird?
red=tailed hawk
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Penn Warren, Faulkner, Powers
Who are your favorite poets?
Billy Collins, Denise Levertoff
Who are your heroes in real life?
I don't really have any
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Susan B Anthony, Sojouner Truth, Harriet Tubman
What are your favorite names?
Lucy
What is it you most dislike?
meanness
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler, Stalin, Caligula, Nixon
What event in military history do you most admire?
D-Day
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
organization
How would you like to die?
in my sleep
What is your present state of mind?
exhaustion
What is your motto?
If I am not for myself, who will be? If I am only for myself, who am I? And, if not now, when?

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