Armistead Maupin
American writer
My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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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.
A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2017 source ↗
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AIDS activist Jeanne White-Ginder.
Joan Rivers
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None. Unfortunately, we are in an age of antiheroes.
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I’ve never had a terrible job. I’ve been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are and I haven’t done them.
Pulling yourself out of a wild ocean and on to a life raft.
A writer. Always.
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