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 John Malkovich said elsewhere, not written here
I admire the mother of my children a great deal, because she’s interesting, smart and funny.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 March 2018 source ↗

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Oprah Winfrey. Considering the cards she was dealt at birth, what she has achieved is quite something.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗
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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 ↗

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