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On Thu, 11 Nov 10 13:17:16 UTC Tom (21) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
The loss of all hope.
Where would you like to live?
Amsterdam
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be completely relaxed, with copious amounts of everything I want,
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Greed.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Those of adventures and wars.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Bill Gates, Crassus, Robert the Bruce, Harold Godwinson, Caesar, Winston Churchill, Disraeli
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
People who give up their lives for the sake of others.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Strong, intelligent, coniving, sexual predators.
Your favorite painter?
Constable
Your favorite musician?
Dave Grohl
The quality you most admire in a man?
Understanding, Moral fortitude, strength
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Beauty, Intelligence, Strength
Your favorite virtue?
Honor. Forgiveness.
Your favorite occupation?
Sex. Winning money.
Who would you have liked to be?
Bill Gates.
Your most marked characteristic?
A craving to be understood, to help others, to be rich, and to UNDERSTAND.
What do you most value in your friends?
Understanding of myself, forgiveness for my actions, and amusement.
What is your principle defect?
Rudeness on occasion, not being compassionate on occasion.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Losing my own life.
What would you like to be?
Myself.
What is your favorite color?
Blue.
What is your favorite flower?
Lilly
What is your favorite bird?
Magpie
Who are your favorite prose writers?
John le Carre, J K Rowling, Heinrich Harrer, Joe Simpson
Who are your favorite poets?
Keats, Robinson Jeffers
Who are your heroes in real life?
David Cameron
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Boudicea, Joan of Arc
What are your favorite names?
Mine
What is it you most dislike?
Hatred
What historical figures do you most despise?
Mao Tse Tung, Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Marx
What event in military history do you most admire?
Battle of Thermopylae
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Stength, might, omnipotence
How would you like to die?
Young, sword in hand, dying for others
What is your present state of mind?
Boredom
What is your motto?
Live for yourself, others second.

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