My wife. She is the most beautiful person I know in every way and has an endless energy for other people that a vinegary old misanthrope like myself can only marvel at.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2011 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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View all 407 →My mom, for her unflappable ability to be sanguine (though she sometimes dips into Pollyanna territory).
Russell Howard
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Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
Simone Biles
United States artistic gymnast
My parents: they raised me to be the best I can be.
Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.
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View profile →Right now. It's a beautiful thing to find yourself "the wrong side of 40" and more in love with life than ever. I never tell people this publicly as they wrongly assume the only valid creative state is that of the cliche of the tubercular, tortured artist coughing up blood in his garret.
Drinking green tea with my wife and listening to Eno’s ‘Music For Airports’.
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