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On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:05:47 UTC Terry (41) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other
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- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- Knowledge of one's own guilt
- Where would you like to live?
- Somewhere stimulating
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- Happiness, to be true, must not be dictated by circumstance; it is a state of mind, not a set of criteria.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Toward those that are endearing, rather than obnoxious.
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Cyrano, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Harry Potter
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Napoleon Bonaparte, Benjamin Franklin, Robert F. Kennedy, Leonardo Da Vinci,
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Any woman who stands up to injustice
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Elizabeth Bennett, Margaret Schlegel,
- Your favorite painter?
- LaTour, Goya, Roethko, Van Gogh, Renoir
- Your favorite musician?
- Prokofiev, Rachmaninof
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Wit and proportion
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Wit and taste
- Your favorite virtue?
- Courage and prudence
- Your favorite occupation?
- Teaching
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Impossible to consider
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Enthusiasm
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Humor
- What is your principle defect?
- Immodesty
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- I prefer not to think about it.
- What would you like to be?
- Better
- What is your favorite color?
- Orange
- What is your favorite flower?
- Lilies, orchids, camellias, tulips... I love all flowers.
- What is your favorite bird?
- The hummingbird
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Jane Austen, Forster, Hawthorne, Flaubert
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Baudelaire, Auden, Stevens, Dickenson
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- My parents
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Rosa Parks
- What are your favorite names?
- Daniel, Julia, Sam, Isabelle
- What is it you most dislike?
- Small-mindedness
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- All despots
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- Any that brought about a lasting peace.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- To sing beautifully
- How would you like to die?
- Later.
- What is your present state of mind?
- Distracted
- What is your motto?
- Don't forget to breathe.
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