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My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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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.
Julian Sands
British actor
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
Chris Ware
American artist
For intellect: Art Spiegelman. For art: Robert Crumb. For poetry and vision: Gary Panter. For decency: Barack Obama. For genuine goodness: Charles Burns. For genius: Charlie Kaufman. For soulfulness and love: Lynda Barry. For words: Zadie Smith. For unique life's work and superhuman effort expended: Ira Glass, Dave Eggers.
Hans Zimmer
Film composer
Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
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A new administration here in the US.
Mr Tambourine Man.
Greed and stupidity.
Dick Cheney for hating him for being one of the most destructive people on Earth.
The day our daughter was born, or maybe fishing on the Colorado river with my wife and brother and his buddy Earl.
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