Proust Questionnaire: LVG's answers

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On Sun, 24 May 2009 02:19:14 UTC LVG answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Unassailiable ignorance.
Where would you like to live?: In alpine weather which assumes all four seasons.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Living a life with purpose, loving others as much as oneself.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Laziness.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The quintessential American cowboy.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, George Patton, Albert Einstein, and Gandhi.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Any woman who sacrifices for the good of others.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Wonder Woman
Your favorite painter?: Leonardo da Vinci
Your favorite musician?: Mozart, Verdi, most contemporary singer songwriters.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Courage, intelligence, moral character.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Sympathy.
Your favorite virtue?: Modesty.
Your favorite occupation?: Contemplative introspection. ;]
Who would you have liked to be?: A cowboy.
Your most marked characteristic?: Philosophical.
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty, loyalty, and a sense of humor.
What is your principle defect?: Impatience. Laziness.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Ignorance.
What would you like to be?: Immortal.
What is your favorite color?: Black.
What is your favorite flower?: Rose.
What is your favorite bird?: Bald eagle. Quetzal.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Stephen J. Gould.
Who are your favorite poets?: n/a
Who are your heroes in real life?: Those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice so that others may live.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Margaret Thatcher.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler. Nero. Caligula. Pol Pot. Stalin. Most dictators.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The one I survived.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Golf. And to play a classical instrument.
How would you like to die?: Inevitably.
What is your present state of mind?: Irritable.
What is your motto?: Clarity is paramount.

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