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 Cuba Gooding Jr said elsewhere, not written here
President Obama: he was the first to accomplish something so great in our country as an African American.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

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Dermot O'Leary British-Irish television presenter
My parents for the roots; my old parish priest, Father Arthur Barrow, for the fire and the reason; Richard Curtis for the drive and humanity; and, for living in the public eye with principles, George Clooney.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2014 source ↗
Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid. Not only was he one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.
Recorded David Sheff, Playboy Interview, February 1985 source ↗

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