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Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗
The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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President Jimmy Carter, for his single-handedness in working to eradicate the guinea worm.
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Just normal people from my hometown, from my country.
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I look at my nephew, who is five years old and in a perpetual state of bliss; I imagine that’s what I was like when I was five. That’s not to say I am unhappy now; I was on top of the world walking through a park to work this morning.
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