Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2019 source ↗
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Barack Obama has shown us how to be a politician guided by intelligence, integrity, and compassion.
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Any person trying to uplift mankind.
Father John Misty
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Grace Zabriskie – her style; her woodworking.
The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who is 100 years old and still working.
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To place faith over facts.
A world destroyed by science-denying mediocrity.
They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.
Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
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