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.

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The comedian Norm Macdonald. He’s the funniest man in the world, but so committed to being funny, he’s continually screwing up his career.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2016 source ↗

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Jim Kerr Scottish singer and songwriter
A friend named Paul Hill [one of the Guildford Four] spent 15 years in prison doing time for crimes he did not commit. We communicate most days. I admire the hell out of him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗
Simone Biles United States artistic gymnast
My parents: they raised me to be the best I can be.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗
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 ↗

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