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On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:49:27 UTC Leeham answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To lose everything and everyone
Where would you like to live?
France
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be fulfilled but not overindulged
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
My lack of punctuality
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Jacob Black, Sherlock Holmes
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Nietzsche, Jonathan Larson, Rachmaninoff.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Simone de Beauvoir
Your favorite painter?
Van Gogh
Your favorite musician?
Rachmaninofff
The quality you most admire in a man?
Good humour, ability to control himself.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Lack of disapproval to things not tried.
Your favorite virtue?
Courage
Your favorite occupation?
Composer
Who would you have liked to be?
Same as as Proust
Your most marked characteristic?
Unfailing optimism
What do you most value in your friends?
The ability to love for who you are
What is your principle defect?
To jump of the cliff before seeing how far it is to the bottom
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To have been deprived of life
What would you like to be?
Uncomprimisable
What is your favorite color?
Red
What is your favorite flower?
Rose
What is your favorite bird?
Swan
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Nietzsche
Who are your favorite poets?
Goethe, Samuel Taylor-Coleridge
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Joan of Arc
What are your favorite names?
Leeham
What is it you most dislike?
Abusive qualities
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?
None
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Same as Proust
How would you like to die?
With enthusiasm and complete happiness
What is your present state of mind?
Angsty
What is your motto?
There's no day but today

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