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President Jimmy Carter, for his single-handedness in working to eradicate the guinea worm.
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Billie Piper
English actress and former singer
My mother. She raised four children pretty much on her own. My father was around, but always out at work.
Sheryl Crow
American singer-songwriter
My mother, because now I have two sons and I have help around me – including my family – I can't imagine having four little ones under the age of nine, as she did.
Our local doctor.
Annie Mac
Irish broadcaster and DJ
My parents, for still being in love after 40 years.
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Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
I’d be born a man and have a wife to run the house.
Now, by far. Old enough to know time’s short, young enough to use it.
Unfinished songs.
A halter for global mega companies, and the return of community. Throw in an ironing board that does the ironing and a floor that self-cleans.
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