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On Wed, 20 Jan 16 00:21:22 UTC merlinharp (57) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- To miss out on the sound of laughter.
- Where would you like to live?
- Dingle, Ireland
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- To revel in good company; to sense beauty; to observe compassion in action
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Bartleby, the scrivener
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Eugene Debs; the men/women who sheltered runaway slaves; Studs Terkel
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Anne Sullivan, Etta Baker
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Eliza, crossing the Ohio river in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
- Your favorite painter?
- Chagall
- Your favorite musician?
- Rachmaninoff
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Curiousity, thoughtfulness, compassion
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Curiousity, thoughtfulness, compassion
- Your favorite virtue?
- compassion
- Your favorite occupation?
- Playing music
- Who would you have liked to be?
- A piano tuner; perhaps a writer; or a musician/artist
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Loyalty
- What do you most value in your friends?
- You can't beat a friend who is willing to talk through a problem with you.
- What is your principle defect?
- Don't have a good sense of time.
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- Not to have met my husband.
- What would you like to be?
- A person with native intelligence.
- What is your favorite color?
- Blue and purple
- What is your favorite flower?
- Carnation
- What is your favorite bird?
- Crane
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Barbara Kingsolver, H. Murakami, Tillie Olsen
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Phil Woods
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- My husband
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Mary
- What are your favorite names?
- Olivia
- What is it you most dislike?
- Cruelty towards others (and towards animals).
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Anyone who has made a career of cruelty.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- A quick wit.
- What is your motto?
- hang on, keeping going, don't give up
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