I have great hopes for Barack Obama.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Tim Minchin
Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.
Erin O'Connor
English model
Annie Lennox - she's a private woman with integrity.
Boris Becker
German tennis player, coach, and commentator
My sporting hero, Muhammad Ali.
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
That's a hard one. All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Márquez.
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As an honest person who liked a laugh.
Playing a pregnant woman, and not being able to find the padding - I shoved a cardie under my dress, and spent the whole play walking around with a sleeve dragging along the floor.
When I read about the abuse of Baby P.
That we will drown in plastic waste.
I repeat stories (like my mum used to).
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