Barack Obama has shown us how to be a politician guided by intelligence, integrity, and compassion.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2020 source ↗
The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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.
Barack Obama has shown us how to be a politician guided by intelligence, integrity, and compassion.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2020 source ↗
Myself – why not?
Putin. Because he is so comfortably who he is.
Vicky, qué pregunta más difícil (risas). Voy a hablarle de los casos que nos han inspirado, como Charles Feeney, cofundador de los Duty Free Shop en los aeropuertos. Él hizo eso en los años ochenta. Se volvió uno de los hombres más ricos del mundo cuando vendió su compañía e inmediatamente se dedicó a la filantropía y gastó todo su dinero en metas sociales.
My son, Jason, because he has overcome so much and continues to keep a smile on his face, and I just love that.
Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.
I had self doubts when I was a freshman in high school. I was 14 years old and not very mature, and there were a few incidents in my freshman year. I learned in a very competitive environment. The high school environment that I played in was very intense, and I learned how to be stoic and go out and compete.
Dishonesty. It destroys relationships. It’s something celebrities especially have to guard against because people are prone to tell you what they think you want to hear rather than the truth.
Loyalty. Not fawning, but a loyalty based on our shared love and history that fosters compassion and forgiveness.
My college years, when everything was possible and I felt physically invulnerable.
Years ago, before I had my current manager, I was taken advantage of by people I’d trusted with my finances. That’s made me especially sensitive to the prospect of financial ruin. I’m constantly advising young athletes to be vigilant when it comes to whom you trust with your finances.
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