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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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