Marcel
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What is your idea of perfect happiness? A long run and dinner with friends.
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What is your greatest fear? Xenophobia
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What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Too much and too little stillness
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What is the trait you most deplore in others? Materialism
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Which living person do you most admire? Angela Merkel
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What is your greatest extravagance? Air tickets
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What is your current state of mind? I am in an anechoic chamber but starting to hear the music.
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What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Modesty
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On what occasion do you lie? To avoid confrontation
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What do you most dislike about your appearance? My love for casual clothing
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Which living person do you most despise? Some presidents in far-away countries
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What is the quality you most like in a man? Competence
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What is the quality you most like in a woman? Competence
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Which words or phrases do you most overuse? No clue
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What or who is the greatest love of your life? Music and children
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When and where were you happiest? Upon the arrival of our kids
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Which talent would you most like to have? Patience
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My post-partum weight
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What do you consider your greatest achievement? Filling this questionnaire
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If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? I'd come back as a fern in a forgotten forest in New Zealand
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Where would you most like to live? New Zealand
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What is your most treasured possession? My nose-ring
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Spiritual void
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What is your favorite occupation? Writing, filming
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What is your most marked characteristic? Promptness
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What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty
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Who are your favorite writers? Graham Green and a certain Ms. Atwood
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Who is your hero of fiction? Ethan Hawley
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Which historical figure do you most identify with? Ibn-e-batuta channeling Marco Polo
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Who are your heroes in real life? Single, working mothers
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What are your favorite names? Noor
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What is it that you most dislike? Sycophancy
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What is your greatest regret? Giving up athletics too quickly
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How would you like to die? When I am done doing all that I need to do
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What is your motto? Overcome Yourself
