As a good friend.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗
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Bozoma Saint John
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As the biggest, brightest, most bodacious badass that ever lived.
Shirley Manson
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I don’t care if I am remembered or not.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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As a complex and brilliant man.
As one of a kind.
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