None. Unfortunately, we are in an age of antiheroes.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Meg Rosoff
American novelist
My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.
Gabby Giffords. She’s a survivor of gun violence and a relentless champion of sensible gun safety measures.
Dawn O'Porter
British writer, director, and television presenter
My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
No one I can think of offhand.
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Coming offstage after a five-minute standing ovation, falling into the arms of my lover, and having the doctor look at me and say, “This is impossible! She looks much too young to go!”
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