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Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
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The question
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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Emilia Fox
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Dawn French, because I am sitting next to her and she says if I don’t say her, she will hurt me.
Burt Reynolds
American actor
My son Quinton. He’s working behind the scenes in the picture biz and he’s done it all on his own.
Brenda Blethyn
British actress
An old tutor at Guildford School of Acting – Ian Ricketts. He is a wonderfully inspiring man.
Julie Hesmondhalgh – she’s the kindest, brightest, most truthful woman. She’s so talented, works hard, cares about the right things, puts her energy in the right places. I adore her.
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I look at my nephew, who is five years old and in a perpetual state of bliss; I imagine that’s what I was like when I was five. That’s not to say I am unhappy now; I was on top of the world walking through a park to work this morning.
The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis. I’m in the video, which is basically my own funeral, so it’d be nice and macabre.
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