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Among others, Mikhail Gorbachev for leadership that enabled the peaceful transition from communism in eastern Europe.
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer and songwriter
Muhammad Ali. I never liked him boxing; offstage, he was an archangel.
Marina Abramović
Performance artist
His holiness the Dalai Lama and his ability to forgive.
James Corden
English actor and comedian
My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
Mario Molina
Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
there are really very many. Again, as a child, it was obviously those scientists which had lived in the past that had made such an important mark in science history.
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