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I admire the mother of my children a great deal, because she’s interesting, smart and funny.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 March 2018 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Nelson Mandela.
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Celia Hammond: she gave up a glamorous life to rescue cats.
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Probably when our children were small, which is not to say I am unhappy now.
I don’t think so! You can’t really know that until the moment of your death, at which point you will probably not be afraid because you won’t be there. I have a very old friend who called me last year to say, “Okay I am done. I am not fighting this anymore. I am checking out. I am calling to say goodbye because I am not really conscious most of the time. I am cutting off the pain killers.” He seemed okay. That was not the moment of his death, but it was within two or three days.
When I was an idiot high school student, as opposed to being an idiot adult, I used to drive very fast.
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