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The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Helena Bonham Carter
Actor
My mother. She’s 85 and rather than diminishing with age, she keeps surprising and growing more marvelous. She finds fun when most are jaded, wonder when most are cynical, and is curious when most are bored. She gave me life and continues to show me how to live it daily. And I know that everyone who meets her thinks the same.
I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.
Kevin Rowland
British singer
Gerry Adams, because he’s got incredible integrity and vision, and he’s had to put up with so much flak.
Belinda Carlisle
American singer
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
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The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
Fine dining when it goes wrong.
Mental cruelty.
Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.
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