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What most recently moved you to tears?

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David Harewood British actor and presenter
After my documentary aired. I suddenly had a bit of panic, because it’s very personal. I couldn’t watch it on the night, I was so scared. The next day people were walking up to me on the street and telling me their life story. It was extraordinary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2019 source ↗
Cybill Shepherd American actress and former model
Yesterday: my old dog, Kim, has cancer, and I have to let him die now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

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Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief
My mum, for the way that she brought up her three children and managed to make her money work. She worked as a cleaner for all these families we went to church with. She would cycle there with my little sister on the back of her bike – we didn’t have a car. She had an amazing mind for planning and organising so that we got to do ballet, we went to Brownies.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

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