David Guetta
French DJ
People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
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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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Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗
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George Michael
English singer-songwriter
Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who deserve the credit these days.
Vinnie Jones
English professional footballer and actor
David Attenborough, because he gets to do all the things with wildlife that I dream of.
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter
Anyone who lives outside the box.
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View profile →Maybe when my wife Sarah and I were walking back to our hotel in Covent Garden, London, through the snow after the Olivier awards when Matilda won all the stuff. Hold on, I’m meant to say the birth of my children, aren’t I?
Anxiety, mostly, once you have kids.
I’d take back some dumb shit I said when I had no audience and found that being shocking made people laugh.
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