Kelis Rogers
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My mom. She has been a fashion designer and run a catering business.
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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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Judith Clark, on whom I based my character in the prison trilogy. She has served over 35 years and turned herself around. She is an inspiration.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗
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Greg Norman, for the way he handles winning and losing.
The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who is 100 years old and still working.
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My mum, because she’s been a nurse for over 40 years. She works in a hospice, and there’s no bullshit with her.
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My mother, because I didn’t appreciate until after she’d gone that she was a vulnerable human being. I just expected her to know everything and be everything.
I would never have gone on a diet. I would go back with the knowledge that not being perfect is fine.
When I got to 40 and realised I hadn’t read all the books I needed to read to understand the world.
I went to a funeral where they played Cheek To Cheek: Fred Astaire singing “Heaven. I’m in heaven… ” Everyone smiled. I’d like that.
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