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Russell Brand, for being his own man.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?Originally asked
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Writer and philosopher; founder of The School of Life
The architect Peter Zumthor, for the baths at Vals in Switzerland.
Andrew Marr
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Probably David Hockney, for achieving a perfect balance of life and work; for making great pictures; being charitable; and remaining bloody-minded.
Irvine Welsh
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Artists who do their own thing, without compromise: Ken Loach, Bob Dylan and James Kelman.
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A sense of purpose.
Playing football in the school playground at lunchtime.
I'd like the enormous congregation to sing Leonard Cohen's Come Healing.
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