Karamo Brown
American television host, personality and actor
My son, Jason, because he has overcome so much and continues to keep a smile on his face, and I just love that.
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.
The present Lady Wogan, for putting up with me for 46 years of marriage. The woman's a saint.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2011 source ↗
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Lily Tomlin
Comedian and actor
My partner, who’s helping me with this Proust Questionnaire.
It’s a tie between Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., Wole Soyinka, and Oprah Winfrey. All are fearless, all know themselves, all have examined themselves, and all are comfortable with what they have seen.
Mellody Hobson
Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
I really appreciate the fact, and I constantly tell Reverend Jackson and Reverend Sharpton that I appreciate the fact that they're fighting for us, because I am an accident of birth.
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