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Gloria Steinem, because her whole life has been spent trying to help people.
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Joan Rivers
Comedian
None. Unfortunately, we are in an age of antiheroes.
Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
Just look at a Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa and Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela, and you’ll see that one of the outstanding characteristics of each one of these is how they have poured themselves out prodigally on behalf of others, of their being so utterly selfless.
Irvine Welsh
Scottish novelist
Artists who do their own thing, without compromise: Ken Loach, Bob Dylan and James Kelman.
Sofie Gråbøl
Danish actress
Jens Stoltenberg, for the way he united Norway after the massacre on Utøya in 2011.
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View profile →There is an ease to it. It’s not all butterflies and sky rockets, it’s more like absolute comfort.
I wanted to make women’s clothing. I also said that I wanted to be an artist; I don’t think I ever said I wanted to be an actress, but I remember thinking that would be fun.
I shucked oysters for a day without the proper knife or gloves. I had to go to hospital as I’d ripped my hands up. I can’t recommend it as a career option.
That in 2019 we’re still dealing with people hating people or people wanting to keep women down. That we haven’t evolved past that is a huge disappointment.
That I have strong, happy girls.
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