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 Christine Baranski said elsewhere, not written here
Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot for advocating that girls be educated.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗

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Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist
I am in my ninth decade, so most people I have admired are no longer alive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2016 source ↗

Noah Harari Israeli historian and philosopher
On a personal level, the friend who is a single mum raising two kids by herself during this Covid era. She is a real hero. If a historical personality, I choose Mikhail Gorbachev, who probably saved the world from world war three.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 October 2021 source ↗

Joely Richardson British actress
The elderly, because it takes courage to get through the day when there isn’t some glorious future ahead.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗

Mark Gatiss British actor and writer
Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

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