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Margaret Atwood: she’s an empathic human being who writes books that help me be a better person.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2015 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Maxine Peake
British actress
My grandad for having the courage always to be himself.
Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.
Michelle Obama.
Probably me, but I don’t think I’m supposed to say that!
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My marriage and my sobriety. The sobriety makes the marriage possible.
Nothing. I fell asleep while I was getting a shave. When I woke up, the barber said, “No one has ever fallen asleep with a razor at their throat.” And I was like, “Bro, I have three boys under five – I sleep when I can.”
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