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Maggie, my wife – for putting up with me.
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Shirley Manson
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.
Lorraine Pascale
British model and cook
Oprah – she's achieved so much.
Jason Byrne
Irish comedian
My mother, because she raised all of us. I do have a dad, but in those days dads never helped with the kids.
Pedro Almodóvar
Film director
Dr. Pedro Cavadas, a pioneer in face transplants and a specialist in the transplant of severed members. This surgeon from Valencia devotes his summer breaks to travel to Africa and tend to children who have been castrated in tribal conflicts.
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