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A teacher at my secondary school. We used to write and sing songs about him. Sorry, Sir! You were a great teacher.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗
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To my daughter, because she felt that I spent too much time saving other children. I would go to war zones and travel the world for human rights work, and she was missing me.
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My wife, because she manages me and sometimes there isn’t time for niceties and we have to talk in a language that isn’t very marriage-like.
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Any sorrys I’ve needed to say have been said already.
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