James Lipton be damned, this is the real deal (please post your own answers - I reserve the right to change mine on any given day):
Your most marked characteristic?
Humor
The quality you most like in a man?
Chivalry
The quality you most like in a woman?
Support
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty
What is your principle defect?
Jealousy
What is your favorite occupation?
I'm lucky enough to do it
What is your dream of happiness?
Laughter and respect with those I love
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Regret
What would you like to be?
Me, with a little more patience and security. And money.
In what country would you like to live?
I love France, but I'm so American I belong here.
What is your favorite color?
Blue
What is your favorite flower?
Rose
What is your favorite bird?
Cardinal
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Hemingway, Hawthorne, Salinger, Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney
Who are your favorite poets?
Ugh, poetry
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Holden Caulfield
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Phoebe Caulfield
Who are your favorite composers?
Shostakovich, Vaughn-Williams, Tchaivoksky, Copeland, any of the minor Russians
Who are your favorite painters?
Rembrandt, Klee, Basquiat, Kandinsky, Hockney
Who are your heroes in real life?
Uncorrupted leaders, philanthropists, my grandparents
What are your favorite names?
Charlotte, Caroline, Zephyr, Ryan
What is it you most dislike?
Elitism
What historical figures do you most despise?
That's pretty obvious
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Better discipline
How would you like to die?
Better than I am now, and old and loved
What is your present state of mind?
Anxious
What is your motto?
Choose your battles
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Holy crap, woman.
I'm going to try to keep this nice. But it makes my personality hurt.
Your most marked characteristic?
Dorkitude
The quality you most like in a man?
Thoughtfulness
The quality you most like in a woman?
Humor
What do you most value in your friends?
Devotion
What is your principle defect?
Stubbornness (or perhaps procrastinatory tendencies)
What is your favorite occupation?
Aristocrat
What is your dream of happiness?
No money worries, surrounded by woods, books, loved-ones, and cake.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Premature drawn-out painful death before my list is complete
What would you like to be?
Owner of a plant store also selling my hand-made pottery. Does that make me sound like a lesbian?
In what country would you like to live?
I'd like a villa in Italy in addition to my homes in the US
What is your favorite color?
Green
What is your favorite flower?
Delphinium and poppies
What is your favorite bird?
Hummingbirds up close, Canada Geese in the air, but mostly the stately Blue Heron.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
John McPhee, John Irving, Tolkien, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Cather, Woolf, McMurtry
Who are your favorite poets?
Shakespeare, O'Hara, cummings, Coleridge, Frost, Goethe
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Atticus Finch?
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Umm...
Who are your favorite composers?
Copeland, Barber, Elgar, Holst, Bach, Beethoven
Who are your favorite painters?
Rothko, Monet, Van Gogh, Diebenkorn, Richter
Who are your heroes in real life?
People with drive and motivation and the urge to help the less fortunate - basically anyone who has those qualities I lack
What are your favorite names?
Depends on what or who I'm naming...
What is it you most dislike?
Olives. Black or green, doesn't matter. Oh, and people who consistently blame everyone else but themselves for their woes.
What historical figures do you most despise?
I'm not sure I despise historical figures since they're generally dead
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
How about a photographic memory? Or the ability to, oh, I'll keep that to myself...
How would you like to die?
Well, if it's got to happen, make it quick and painless and after I've made it through my list
What is your present state of mind?
Flummoxed
What is your motto?
Maybe that's my problem - I'm missing a motto
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