Patti Smith
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The artist Gerhard Richter.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
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David Guetta
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People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
Christopher Eccleston
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Elsie Eccleston, my mother, for her emotional intelligence, kindness, intense curiosity, and chicken and leek pies.
Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
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A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
Food in a sink drain.
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
They want nothing but friendship.
As someone who did what he could with what he had.
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