Peyton Manning.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2012 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Rick Stein
English chef
The Dalai Lama.
Emma Bunton
British singer
My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
Bill Bailey
Comedian and musician
Aung San Suu Kyi, for her resilience and determination.
Alanis Morissette because, in my earlier career, she was a big influence on me and had a feistiness that you didn’t see much of in women in the industry. Also, she has been very vocal about mental health issues.
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Does it make a difference? You’re dead.
Being with my best friend, who’s a girl.
That they get it.
Convince myself that walking two miles a day isn’t boring.
Guys who use the word “snot.”
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