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He passed away a few months ago: Muhammad Ali.
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Ruth Jones
Welsh actress, producer, and writer
My mother, Hannah: nearly 82, mother of four, homemaker, retired GP and knitter extraordinaire.
Chris Ware
American artist
For intellect: Art Spiegelman. For art: Robert Crumb. For poetry and vision: Gary Panter. For decency: Barack Obama. For genuine goodness: Charles Burns. For genius: Charlie Kaufman. For soulfulness and love: Lynda Barry. For words: Zadie Smith. For unique life's work and superhuman effort expended: Ira Glass, Dave Eggers.
Noam Chomsky, Barack Obama.
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.
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