Proust Questionnaire: Sam Gordon's answers

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On Tue, 11 Oct 11 21:05:53 UTC Sam Gordon (18) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To feel unwanted.
Where would you like to live?: England
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be in a place that I love, with the people I love.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Selfishness (and chocolate).
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those from Harry Potter.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Willam Wallace, Joan of Arc, and Elizabeth I
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: I have to go with Proust: "A woman of genious living an extramordinary life."
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Elizabeth Bennett
Your favorite painter?: I will change it to "artist" and answer with Michaelangelo.
Your favorite musician?: Hans Zimmer and Thomas Newman
The quality you most admire in a man?: Ittelligence, kindness, ethics/morals, artistic
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Ittelligance, thoughfulness, relateable
Your favorite virtue?: Patience (of which I am still working on).
Your favorite occupation?: Writing, drawing, reading, watching movies, walking
Who would you have liked to be?: Audrey Hepburn
Your most marked characteristic?: The ability to maintain a conversation.
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty, trustworthiness, and the ability to make me laugh.
What is your principle defect?: Lack of motivation or courage.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have never known the people that I have.
What would you like to be?: Again, following Proust, "Myself."
What is your favorite color?: Purple
What is your favorite flower?: Chocolate and rain (although not necessarily together).
What is your favorite bird?: The sparrow or the raven.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: I'm not entirely sure that I have a favorite.
Who are your favorite poets?: William Blake and Robert Burns
Who are your heroes in real life?: The people I surround myself with.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth I
What are your favorite names?: Evelyn
What is it you most dislike?: The ignorance of others and their lack of willingness to change it.
What historical figures do you most despise?: John Knox
What event in military history do you most admire?: Elizabeth I's defeat of the Spanish Armada
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: A natural and irresistible charm.
How would you like to die?: Of old age.
What is your present state of mind?: Thoughtful
What is your motto?: I am not that girl.

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