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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:24:18 UTC stradling answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
to be with innane people
Where would you like to live?
on an island
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
to have books and the time to read them
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
eating cake
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
solitary men who do not betray their idealism in the face of social pressure, Sherlock Holmes, The Hero in Hamsun's "Hunger",
Who are your favorite characters in history?
william jennings bryan, Plato, St Paul, Henry V11,
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Catherine of Aragon
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Elizabeth Bennet,
Your favorite painter?
William Holman Hunt
Your favorite musician?
Tschaikovsky
The quality you most admire in a man?
moral discipline
The quality you most admire in a woman?
moral discipline
Your favorite virtue?
self discipline
Your favorite occupation?
reading
Who would you have liked to be?
Philosopher king
Your most marked characteristic?
selfishness
What do you most value in your friends?
reliability
What is your principle defect?
intolerance
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
to have been born a woman
What would you like to be?
A better person than I am
What is your favorite color?
all are unimportant
What is your favorite flower?
none
What is your favorite bird?
the one that sings aoutside my window
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Austen, Sartre, Hamsun, Dickens, Tolstoy, Dostoevski, Murdoch,
Who are your favorite poets?
Elliot, Frost
Who are your heroes in real life?
Those who suffer for what they believe in.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Catherine of Aragon, Elizabeth 1st,
What are your favorite names?
none
What is it you most dislike?
emotionalism
What historical figures do you most despise?
catherine the Great, Toni Blair, Caligula, Livia,
What event in military history do you most admire?
Alexander's victories against the odds
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
skill at languages
How would you like to die?
never
What is your present state of mind?
annoyance at these questions are repeats
What is your motto?
always do what you say you will do

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