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On Tue, 13 Dec 11 00:42:59 UTC markeff (38) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
I have felt miserable. I have never been actually miserable. I couldn't say...
Where would you like to live?
Right here. I've moved way too often in the past. I have developed a phobia of air transport over the years. I'm the worst traveler ever.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
harmony, peace, fairness,... I am a dreamer.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
My own... In others, I tolerate excessive benevolence fairly well.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Jesus Christ. And most Shakespeare characters.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Most were brutally murdered, they must have done something right then...
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
*under confidentiality agreement*
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Most are too good to be true. I hate sublime.
Your favorite painter?
Leonardo...
Your favorite musician?
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Sergei Prokofiev, Mozart, Franz Schubert, Bach,...
The quality you most admire in a man?
Consistence.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Consistence.
Your favorite virtue?
dedication, selflessness
Your favorite occupation?
logology ! I love talking about talking.
Who would you have liked to be?
I do not understand the question.
Your most marked characteristic?
An obsessive fear of being right... makes me feel like I generate indifference.
What do you most value in your friends?
Their freedom.
What is your principle defect?
Overthinking things. Slow decisions.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Not being part of anyone's life.
What would you like to be?
A better version of myself. In every respect.
What is your favorite color?
I like harmony. I can't single out a color in itself.
What is your favorite flower?
Jasmine for its heady fragrance, the rose for its evocative power. And dandelion.
What is your favorite bird?
Swan
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Shakespeare, Emil Cioran, Georg W.F. Hegel, Paul Valéry, Charles Péguy, Charles Fourier, Zeev Sternhell, Sigmund Freud, Noam Chomsky,...........
Who are your favorite poets?
Maurice Scève, Guillaume Apollinaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé.
Who are your heroes in real life?
*confidentiality agreement*
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Having only read the excuses of their executioners, I'd prefer not say. That's how history goes...
What are your favorite names?
Anaximander, hippocampomamillothalamocingulaire, syncytium, didascalia, Isabelle, Thomas.
What is it you most dislike?
Calculations & afterthoughts.
What historical figures do you most despise?
I am not sufficiently educated to say. Thumbs up to Marcel.
What event in military history do you most admire?
No kidding ???
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Easy ! Omnipotence.
How would you like to die?
I won't like to die.
What is your present state of mind?
Dysphoric.
What is your motto?
As long as people take the time to say you're wrong, they care.

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