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Anybody who invests the lion’s share of their time in helping others.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.
Aside from my mom, my husband, and my mother-in-law, Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and RBG.
Steve Jones
Welsh television presenter
In 2010 there are slim pickings.
Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
Dr Denis Mukwege, because he is to sexualised violence against females what Mandela was to apartheid.
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I bought all my siblings signet rings and pendants with my family crest on. There are a lot of us.
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Having children: it’s what I’m most looking forward to.
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