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My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2013 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Steve Jobs
Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid. Not only was he one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.
Suzi Quatro
American-British rock musician
My sister Arlene, who is 75 and on marriage number seven. I admire her hopefulness.
Brenda Blethyn
British actress
An old tutor at Guildford School of Acting – Ian Ricketts. He is a wonderfully inspiring man.
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.
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