Gemma Whelan
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The fans’ reaction at the end of Game Of Thrones because I think it was brilliant.
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Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.
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Fran Lebowitz
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The supreme court. Specifically the case Bush v Gore, which is where Sandra Day O’Connor – one person – decided the presidential election.
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Not having a 32-inch waist for most of my adult life.
Sally Hawkins
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Realising that I wasn't a fairy changeling child and that David Bowie wasn't the fairy king.
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For making a difference.
Following the Zen proverb: you should sit and meditate for 20 minutes; if you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.
Today’s children and young people – we’ve let them down by not doing more to prevent the nature and climate crisis, and left them such a huge responsibility.
Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.
Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.
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