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Aung San Suu Kyi: an extraordinary humanitarian fighting for democracy in a Burmese dictatorship.
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The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
President Jimmy Carter, for his single-handedness in working to eradicate the guinea worm.
It’s a tie between Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., Wole Soyinka, and Oprah Winfrey. All are fearless, all know themselves, all have examined themselves, and all are comfortable with what they have seen.
Laura Mvula
English singer
Prince – there is no one greater.
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That fear becomes too great.
Come back to me the night before I pop my clogs.
Several: cutting the local vicar's lawn, shovelling shit from a stable, waiting tables, picking up and washing actors' smelly pants and socks.
Picking my nose.
I haven't seen a ghost yet.
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