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Pat Marriott answers the Proust Questionnaire

Meet Classical Host of Allegro and Salmagundi Pat Marriot!

Q: What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A :To be in harmony with God, my family and my friends.

Q: What is your greatest fear?
A: Dementia

Q: Which living person do you most admire?
A: Father Richard Rohr

Q: What is your greatest extravagance?
A: My collection of CDs and books.

Q: What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
A: Private.

Q: On what occasion do you lie?
A: Private.

Q: Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
A: Can't think of one.

Q: What or who is the greatest love of your life?
A: Private.

Q: When and where were you happiest?
A: The births of my daughters.

Q: Which talent would you most like to have?
A: At my age, I've given up on wishing to be a pro quarterback.

Q: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
A: Private.

Q: What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A: Private.

Q: If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A: Private.

Q: Where would you most like to live?
A: Anywhere that's on a major river and an ocean, with good climate, a lively arts community, a university, lots of restaurants, and a fine public radio station.

Q: What is your most treasured possession?
A: My CD collection.

Q: What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A: Private.

Q: What is your favorite occupation?
A: Music director at WHQR

Q: What is your most marked characteristic?
A: Deafness.

Q: What do you most value in your friends?
A: Loyalty and non-judgement.

Q: Who are your favorite writers?
A: Dickens, Steinbeck, Cather, Whiteman, McPhee, Foote, Hornfischer, Churchill, Durant.

Q: Who is your hero of fiction?
A: Pug Henry in the Winds of War.

Q: Which historical figure do you most identify with?
A: George Catlett Marshal.

Q: Who are your heroes in real life?
A: Pope Francis.

Q: What is it that you most dislike?
A: Private.

Q: What is your greatest regret?
A: That I won't be alive when professional historians have fully understood what happened to the USA in the 21st century.

Q: How would you like to die?
A: Private.

Q: What is your motto?
A: Act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.