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Your average aid worker, wherever they may be. Any human being doing good by helping others, while putting themselves in harm’s way.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Brian Cox
Scottish actor
My friend Billy Connolly, for his incredible sense of humour and wit. But greater than that is Billy’s courage and sheer chutzpah, to take his Parkinson’s and make it central to his brilliance as a performer.
Shirley Manson
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.
Julia Stiles
American actress
People I went to school with who have careers as doctors and teachers.
Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher
On a personal level, the friend who is a single mum raising two kids by herself during this Covid era. She is a real hero. If a historical personality, I choose Mikhail Gorbachev, who probably saved the world from world war three.
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Other people’s suffering.
The usual racist shit.
As a decent bloke.
Coming under attack while reporting in Iraq.
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