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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 answers):

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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