Joseph Noble-The Proust Questionnaire
by Cindi Sutter, Founder & Editor Spirited Table® - Answered by Joseph on 28 August 2008
What is your idea of perfect happiness? - Slumber after an ocean swim.
What is your current state of mind? - Guarded happiness.
What is your greatest fear? - Betrayal of earned trust.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? - A genetic trait would be hyper-focused. A learned trait would be repeating myself. Deplore is too strong a word for either.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Entitlement.
What is your greatest extravagance? - Naps.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? - Being adorable.
On what occasion do you lie? - I’m not telling.
What do you dislike most about your appearance? - Love handles.
What is the quality you most like in a man? - Smell.
What is the quality you most like in a woman? - Self-confidence.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - “Listen…”; “I need less charm and more efficiency.”; “You live, you die.”
What or who is the greatest love of your life? - That’s too revealing.
When and where were you happiest? - When I came out.
Which talent would you most like to have? - The ability to accurately understand my dreams.
What do you consider your greatest achievement? - Surviving childhood.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? - To be more revealing.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think it would be? - A samurai, or a teenage girl.
What is your most treasured possession? - A rock from my grandmother’s yard.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? - The inability to communicate.
What is your most marked characteristic? - I haven’t got a clue.
What do you most value in your friends? - Humor. Support. Honesty.
Who are your favorite writers? - Beryl Markum, David Sedaris, Joseph Mitchell.
Who is are your favorite heroes of fiction? - Mighty Mouse. Carrie Bradshaw.
Which historical figures do you most identify with? - Napoleon. Martha Mitchell.
Who are your heroes in real life? - Both my fathers.
What are your favorite names? - Thor, Amelia, Clementine, Llywellyn.
What is your greatest regret? - Not having a pile of kids.
How would you like to die? - Without fear, alone.
*The Proust Questionnaire is a questionnaire about one’s personality, first popularized by the responses given by the French writer Marcel Proust.
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About Joseph Noble Incorporated
Joseph Noble Incorporated is an established textile and technology leather company that creates and sells distinctive products for residential and contract applications. For more than 25 years, the company has provided designers with a world-class, engineered product that can be customized to meet individual project requirements and performance standards anywhere in the world. The company’s brand names include Joseph Noble Textiles, Joseph Noble Technology Leathers, and GreatDesign.com. Together, they comprise one of the industries’ most widely recognized brands of interior products within the home furnishing and contract arenas. Joseph Noble has won numerous industry awards. Notable projects featuring Joseph Noble products include the American Airlines Admirals Club in Chicago, the Michael Jordan Restaurant Grand Central Terminal, The W Hotel in New York, The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, and Chanel executive headquarters in New York City.
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