How would you describe yourself in three words?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Erin Doherty said elsewhere, not written here
The three things I strive for are authenticity, presence and empathy. You’d have to ask my loved ones if I’m pulling them off.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗

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it’s that grit, that determination, that fortitude, that gets you through what you set out to do.
Recorded John Erling, Voices of Oklahoma, 6 September 2019 source ↗

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