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Mo Farah represents everything that’s great about our country.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Anne Robinson
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Any mother with young children who is also doing a full-time job.
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
I am in my ninth decade, so most people I have admired are no longer alive.
Sadie Frost
English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer
My mother, Mary Davidson, for having me at 16 – a child herself – and raising me with very little.
Dominic West
English actor
Stacey Dooley. She does incredible documentaries – in one, she took spoiled British kids to the Philippines to work in a factory. It’s exactly what my kids need to watch.
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Labour losing the 2015 election: we weren’t able to help the people who needed us most.
I would have had more time with my dad before he passed away.
When I was a kid in Tooting, our house caught fire. We didn’t realise until the fire brigade turned up.
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