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.

Recorded Shane MacGowan said elsewhere, not written here
Myself – why not?

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 December 2021 source ↗

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John Simpson English journalist
The problem with my job is that you meet people you admire and then you don’t admire them so much. The only one I carried on admiring was Nelson Mandela.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2016 source ↗
Ice-T American rapper and actor
Barack Obama – just for the simple fact he took the shot and went all the way to president.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗
Ashley Walters British actor and rapper
My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2012 source ↗

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