Sofia Coppola
American filmmaker and actress
To a girl we were mean to in first grade.
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Today’s children and young people – we’ve let them down by not doing more to prevent the nature and climate crisis, and left them such a huge responsibility.
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Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
To my 17-year-old daughter Isabella, whom I described in an interview last year as "keen on maths".
Alex Jones
American far-right conspiracy theorist
An ex-boyfriend who, looking back, I lost patience with. Now we know more about mental health, I think that was at the root of it; I am sorry I didn’t understand it at the time.
Whoever has to use the bathroom after my brother.
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Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.
For making a difference.
Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.
Passionate, mum, green.
Following the Zen proverb: you should sit and meditate for 20 minutes; if you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.
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