Proust Questionnaire
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(from the back page of Vanity Fair magazine)
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being with my children and grandchildren anywhere in the world
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Procrastination
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Selfishness
What is your greatest extravagance?
Books
What is your current state of mind?
Comfortably numb
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Humility
On what occasion do you lie?
When the truth would hurt someone else
What do you dislike about your appearance?
The lack of color
What is the quality you most like in a man?
His feminine side
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Her feminine side
Which living person do you most admire?
Barack Obama
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Shoulda, woulda, coulda
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My children and grandchildren
When and where were you happiest?
Recently, in Orlando with my chidren and grandchildren
Which talent would you most like to have?
Play a musical instrument really well, either a guitar or violin, or both
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My age...life is going too fast
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Bouncing back
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Some very wealthy person's pet
Where would you like to live?
Washington DC
What is your most treasured possession?
My sister's diamond necklace
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Watching a loved one die of cancer, followed closed by Alzheimer's disease, either having it or loving someone who has it
What is your most marked characteristic?
My optimism
Who are your favorite writers?
Most anything by Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Mendelsohn, Christopher Hitchens, Zadie Smith, Maureen Dowd, Anythony Lane, Jim Lehrer, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bob Woodward, PJ O'Rourke, Tom Wolfe, Ellen Goodman, David Foster Wallace, Christopher Buckley and many more too numerous to name
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment: "It's past ten. My daughter is in pain. I don't understand why she has to have this pain. All she has to do is hold out until ten, and IT'S PAST TEN! My daughter is in pain, can't you understand that! GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!"
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Rosa Parks
Who are you heroes in real life?
Police Officers, Fire Fighters and my sister Sherry
What is your greatest regret?
That I didn't put 2 & 2 together when my sister Sherry first started having symptoms and insisted that she go to the doctor
How would you like to die?
Quick and painless, and not alone
What is your motto?
Everything everywhere is all right already.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being with my children and grandchildren anywhere in the world
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Procrastination
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Selfishness
What is your greatest extravagance?
Books
What is your current state of mind?
Comfortably numb
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Humility
On what occasion do you lie?
When the truth would hurt someone else
What do you dislike about your appearance?
The lack of color
What is the quality you most like in a man?
His feminine side
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Her feminine side
Which living person do you most admire?
Barack Obama
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Shoulda, woulda, coulda
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My children and grandchildren
When and where were you happiest?
Recently, in Orlando with my chidren and grandchildren
Which talent would you most like to have?
Play a musical instrument really well, either a guitar or violin, or both
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My age...life is going too fast
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Bouncing back
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Some very wealthy person's pet
Where would you like to live?
Washington DC
What is your most treasured possession?
My sister's diamond necklace
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Watching a loved one die of cancer, followed closed by Alzheimer's disease, either having it or loving someone who has it
What is your most marked characteristic?
My optimism
Who are your favorite writers?
Most anything by Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Mendelsohn, Christopher Hitchens, Zadie Smith, Maureen Dowd, Anythony Lane, Jim Lehrer, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bob Woodward, PJ O'Rourke, Tom Wolfe, Ellen Goodman, David Foster Wallace, Christopher Buckley and many more too numerous to name
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment: "It's past ten. My daughter is in pain. I don't understand why she has to have this pain. All she has to do is hold out until ten, and IT'S PAST TEN! My daughter is in pain, can't you understand that! GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!"
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Rosa Parks
Who are you heroes in real life?
Police Officers, Fire Fighters and my sister Sherry
What is your greatest regret?
That I didn't put 2 & 2 together when my sister Sherry first started having symptoms and insisted that she go to the doctor
How would you like to die?
Quick and painless, and not alone
What is your motto?
Everything everywhere is all right already.
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