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 Dermot O'Leary said elsewhere, not written here
My parents for the roots; my old parish priest, Father Arthur Barrow, for the fire and the reason; Richard Curtis for the drive and humanity; and, for living in the public eye with principles, George Clooney.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2014 source ↗

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Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser
Dr Denis Mukwege, because he is to sexualised violence against females what Mandela was to apartheid.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
Esther Rantzen
Alan Bates, Lord Arbuthnot and Nick Wallis for exposing the Post Office and Fujitsu and, let’s hope, for ensuring everyone is properly compensated.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2024 source ↗
Paul Weller English singer-songwriter and musician
David Attenborough, because he sticks to what he loves and is still passionate about it. God bless him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2014 source ↗
Meg Rosoff American novelist
My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

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