The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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.
Those who put others first.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗
Buzz Aldrin. I met him about 10 years ago and all I could do was look at his feet. What greater thing can you do than walk on the moon?
Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
Jane Goodall. I got the chance to meet her a few years ago, and it was the thrill of a lifetime. When I was little, I wanted to be her. I thought she had the coolest life in the world.
The exact median middle-aged black woman in the US. If hard work guaranteed success, she’d be the most successful person on the planet. But she isn’t, yet she keeps on going.
The desire to please. It’s a losing battle.
Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.
Cruelty…no, maybe dishonesty or disingenuousness. All are equally deplorable.
Julien Macdonald, Charlie Munger, Prue Leith, Nadiya Hussain, Bozoma Saint John, Tommy Hilfiger
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