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Marcel Proust Questionnaire
Kerry:
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on March 11, 2007, 01:58:32 am ---8. What, to your mind, would be the greatest of misfortunes? Never to have loved or been loved by another human being.
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I agree, Dottie. We've had some horror stories recently in the media here in Sydney, about people who have died all alone in their homes and not been discovered until many months later. It's so sad to think that someone can be so completely alone, that absolutely no-one notices they've died. And right in the middle of a big city with several million people. So sad.
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on March 11, 2007, 01:58:32 am ---12. What is your favourite flower? Lilacs.
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I love lilacs, too!
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on March 11, 2007, 01:58:32 am ---17. Who are your favourite heroines of fiction? I'm a sucker for all those fairy tales I cut my teeth on so I'd have to say, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel.
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I too love fairy tales, Dottie! Especially when translated to ballet - Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Nutcracker, etc.
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on March 11, 2007, 01:58:32 am ---18. Who are your favourite composers? Beethoven, Mozart, Berlioz, Rachmanioff, Greig, Mussourgsky
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My favourite piece of music of all time is Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. It was the first LP I ever bought when I was a teenager.
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on March 11, 2007, 01:58:32 am ---20. Who are your heroes in real life? firefighters and our military and all other service people like them who put themselves on the line for us everyday.
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Well said, Dottie. Good answer.
--- Quote from: dot-matrix on March 11, 2007, 01:58:32 am ---21. Who are your favourite heroines of history? Queen Elizabeth the First, Elizabeth's reign was one of the more constructive periods in English history: literature bloomed through the works of Spenser, Marlowe and Shakespeare; Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh were instrumental in expanding English influence in the New World; Elizabeth's religious compromise laid many fears to rest and de-fused a potential powder keg. AND Eleanor Roosevelt, her integrity, her graciousness, and her sincerity of purpose endeared her personally to many--from heads of state to servicemen she visited abroad during World War II. Within a year of the Presidents death in 1945, she began her service as American spokesman in the United Nations. She continued a vigorous career until her strength began to wane in 1962.
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I read a wonderful Eleanor Roosevelt quote recently. It went something like, "People can only hurt you, if you allow them to do so." I don't think I've got that exactly right. Does anyone know it?
Kerry:
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 03:11:45 am ---Marcel and Jake do look a bit alike! :D
Marcel was a cutie!
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I think he's cute too, David. He had lots of problems, both physical and emotional - he was an asthmatic, reclusive introvert, who had a heightened sensitivity to noise, spending much of his time in his cork-lined bedroom. And he was gay at a time when it wasn't considered so cool to be gay. I've always thought he had a sweet, sensitive lil face. I love his sad, expressive eyes - just like Jake's.
Kerry:
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---5. What is your principal defect? Way to many to mention! My clumsiness is probably my principal defect. Or is he talking about PHYSICAL defects? I don't like my ears. I don't like the shape.
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I'm guessing the question is probably deliberately ambiguous, in order to reveal whether you see yourself flawed either regarding your character or physically. Alternatively, with no defects at all!
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---7. What is your dream of happiness? I know it sounds corny, but my idea of hapiness is simply finding someone I love and who loves me, and settling down with him for the rest of my life.
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That's a lovely answer. You're a romantic, and we can never have too many romantics!
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---9. What would you like to be? In general? A decent human being who, at the very least, brings joy and happiness to others.
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That's a sweet response, David, revealing your noble, altruistic outlook.
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---10. In what country would you like to live? Wow! There's so many of them! Probably Denmark. I saw something on CNN last month which said Danes are the happiest people in the world. It's also a very beautiful country. I also love the Bahamas, and the Netherlands. Despite some of its shortcomings, the US is a very nice country too!
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Did you know that Princess Mary, the wife of Danish Crown Prince Frederick, is Australian? They have one baby son, Prince Christian (the Danish people have given him the nickname of the Little Kangaroo!), and she is presently expecting their second child - in May, I think.
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---17. Who are your favourite heroines of fiction? Hermoine from "Harry Potter". Also, Charlotte from "Charlotte's Web". She's an animal (a spider) but she's a female spider. Does she count?
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I hope Charlotte isn't one of those huge, fat, furry Australian barking bird-eating spiders, David!
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---18. Who are your favourite composers? J. S. Bach, Mozart, Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Handel, etc...
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Oh, I love Mozart, Vivaldi, Haydn and Handel too!
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---19. Who are your favourite painters? Monet, Frans Hals, Jan Vermeer, Rembrandt, Marc Chagall
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I love Marc Chagall too. Has anyone seen his painting on the ceiling of the Paris Opera? (I haven't seen it, but would like to)
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? I'm not sure I understand this question. What does he mean by this? I hate it when I do something embarrassing or stupid in public (which happens A LOT!) haha
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However you wish to interpret the question is entirely appropriate.
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---31. What is your motto? Keep them guessing, because everyone loves a mystery! Also, live every day to the fullest.
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We're a bit cruder in Australia. We say, "Smile! It keeps the bastards guessing!"
--- Quote from: David on March 11, 2007, 04:11:30 am ---Wow Kerry! That was HARD!!! ??? :P :D
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I agree, David. It took me longer than I though it would! ;)
mvansand76:
1. What is your most marked characteristic?
My enthusiasm
2. What is the quality you most like in a man?
Humour and creativity
3. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Loyalty
4. What do you most value in your friends?
That they are honest
5. What is your principal defect?
I worry a lot
6. What is your favourite occupation?
Writing
7. What is your dream of happiness?
I am a happy person so I already know happiness, but I would become even happier if I was able to stop worrying about things that I shouldn't worry about
8. What, to your mind, would be the greatest of misfortunes?
If the world didn't know creativity
9. What would you like to be?
Myself. I don't want to be anybody else...
10. In what country would you like to live?
Switserland, to be more specific: Saas Fee, Saastal, Wallis.
11. What is your favourite colour?
Blue
12. What is your favourite flower?
Tulips
13. What is your favourite bird?
Not very fond of birds...
14. Who are your favourite prose writers?
Bill Bryson
15. Who are your favourite poets?
Keats
16. Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Jack Twist
17. Who are your favourite heroines of fiction?
None
18. Who are your favourite composers?
Mahler, Pachelbel
19. Who are your favourite painters?
Rembrandt and Vermeer....
20. Who are your heroes in real life?
I don't have any heroes
21. Who are your favourite heroines of history?
None
22. What are your favourite names?
Sophia and Luca (the names of my sweet, sweet nephew and niece)
23. What is it that you most dislike?
Stupidity and ignorance
24. What historical character do you most despise?
I guess that would be Hitler
25. What event in military history do you most admire?
I am very happy that the Allied Forces liberated our country from the Germans in the Second World War. I just can't help but feel guilty because so many young men lost their lives for our freedom.
26. What reform do you most admire?
I am gonna leave this one unanswered too.
27. What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Peace of mind
28. How would you like to die?
Peaceful and happy
29. What is your present state of mind?
Tired!
30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Whining
31. What is your motto?
It's not the things you did do that you will regret at the end of your life, it's the things you didn't do.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Kerry on March 11, 2007, 09:34:53 am ---
I hope Charlotte isn't one of those huge, fat, furry Australian barking bird-eating spiders, David!
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I'm not sure what kind of spider Charlotte was, Kerry. But she was a sweet, gentle spider just like Sinni was! :)
And Charlotte saved the life of a little pig in the story...
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