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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My best friend, the choreographer Dougie Squires. Somebody once said his heart is like a hotel with hundreds of doors for everybody.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

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Cyndi Lauper
Aside from my mom, my husband, and my mother-in-law, Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and RBG.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗
Monica Lewinsky
My mom, for her unflappable ability to be sanguine (though she sometimes dips into Pollyanna territory).
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2021 source ↗
Tina Brown British and American journalist
Harry Evans. My opportunities to admire him are many since I am – at time of writing – still married to him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2010 source ↗
Anna Paquin New Zealand actress
I am really loving the badass co-captain of the US soccer team, Megan Rapinoe. She is exceptionally hard-working and talented, and stands up for what she believes.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗

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