Gloria Steinem.
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What is the worst job you have done?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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People inspiring the new generation of politically active youngsters.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗
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Andrew Marr
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Probably David Hockney, for achieving a perfect balance of life and work; for making great pictures; being charitable; and remaining bloody-minded.
Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
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.
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First something medical, then, without any doubt, an artist.
Serving tea in an insurance office to people who seemed to despise me at the age of 16 was pretty unpleasant.
A warm, frayed, soft blanket.
When my children arrived.
As I get older, sleeping gets harder. I exercise, I do mindfulness, I take drugs occasionally.
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