Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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Stevie Wonder: he’s brought so much joy to the world for so many years.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗

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Richard Wilson Scottish actor and theatre director
Jeremy Corbyn – for his honesty and the possibilities he offers the Labour party. And he visited the refugees in Calais, so good on him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2016 source ↗
Bryan Ferry British singer
Richard Hamilton – as my teacher at college, he greatly influenced my ways of seeing art and the world.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 October 2010 source ↗
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.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2019 source ↗

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