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.
Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
Probably David Hockney, for achieving a perfect balance of life and work; for making great pictures; being charitable; and remaining bloody-minded.
My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
It's a fool's errand to waste time admiring anybody.
I Happen To Like New York: I tell people all the time, so they will be sure not to forget.
My children, and my sanity. For a child actor, I think it’s noteworthy.
When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.
As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
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