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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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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Jean Smart
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Jane Goodall. I got the chance to meet her a few years ago, and it was the thrill of a lifetime. When I was little, I wanted to be her. I thought she had the coolest life in the world.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 source ↗

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Whoopi Goldberg
Pope Francis. He’s going with the original program. He may not be perfect, but he’s trying.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗
Emilia Fox English actress and presenter
Dawn French, because I am sitting next to her and she says if I don’t say her, she will hurt me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 October 2018 source ↗

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