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 Helen Mirren said elsewhere, not written here
Sister Alice Marie Quinn, who runs St. Vincent Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2010 source ↗

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Suzi Quatro American-British rock musician
My sister Arlene, who is 75 and on marriage number seven. I admire her hopefulness.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 November 2016 source ↗

Amber, my aunt, and her boyfriend, Gian Luigi Valino – he has primary lateral sclerosis and she cares for him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

Florence Welch British singer
My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 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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