Oprah Winfrey. She always does the right thing—even when no one is looking.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2016 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Joan Rivers
Comedian
None. Unfortunately, we are in an age of antiheroes.
Rick Stein
English chef
The Dalai Lama.
Joe Wicks
British fitness coach, television presenter and author
My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.
Bill Bryson
American-British author
Angela Merkel; she seems wise, compassionate, curiously huggable.
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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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