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On Fri, 10 Dec 10 19:16:13 UTC muhbuh (47) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- watching a love one suffer pain
- Where would you like to live?
- a cottage by the beach
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- a life filled with book reading, good conversation with friends and family, humour, creativity and dogs
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- procrastination and yielding to whimsical temptations
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Florentino Ariza
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Oscar Romero, Princess Diana,
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- my mother
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Dorothea Brookes, Lisbeth Salander
- Your favorite painter?
- Gauguin, Monet, George O'Keefe
- Your favorite musician?
- David Grey, U2
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- strength - physical and emotional, kindness, intelligence
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- confidence, kindness, intelligence
- Your favorite virtue?
- patience, kindness
- Your favorite occupation?
- writing, reading
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Katherine Hepburn or Agatha Christie
- Your most marked characteristic?
- a need to say things out loud, speak my mind
- What do you most value in your friends?
- they are each unique but share one quality - a love of comraderie and conversation
- What is your principle defect?
- lack of self discipline
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- to have been born to any other person than my mother
- What would you like to be?
- a best selling author
- What is your favorite color?
- red
- What is your favorite flower?
- all flowers but peonies and tulips are especially lovely
- What is your favorite bird?
- the cardinal
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- It changes but right now, Annie Dillard, George Elliott, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Pablo Neruda, e e cummings, Dylan Thomas, T. S. Eliot
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- my mother and siblings, my good friend Niamh
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Cleopatra, Mother Theresa, Indira Ghandi
- What are your favorite names?
- I have none, the names of my most loved are favourite to me
- What is it you most dislike?
- that I am not living up to my potential
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- All those who tortured others for the sake of power in one form or another
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- there are none that I admire, for any war i
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- self discipline, will power
- How would you like to die?
- After a long creative life, quietly in my sleep, leaving behind a positive contribution to this place
- What is your present state of mind?
- somewhat restless
- What is your motto?
- Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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