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.
Anybody who works in frontline mental health services for the NHS.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗
Barack Obama – just for the simple fact he took the shot and went all the way to president.
Angela Merkel; she seems wise, compassionate, curiously huggable.
It's not a competition.
I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.
Realising I was never going to make it big in professional swing dance.
Hey Ya, by OutKast.
I have a deep-rooted fear of being in trouble. I once tried to sneak into the back of a photography exhibition with my husband when one of our kids was in a pushchair. We’d arrived late and he suggested we go in through the gift shop and see the last room. As we poked our heads round the door, the security guard noticed us. I shouted, “That man’s trying to get in!”, then ran away.
I’ve done some acting jobs where everybody’s gone out of their way to make sure that you feel annoying and easily replaceable.
I can’t deal with any level of stress.
In the orange blossom-filled streets of Seville, snogging on a park bench.
Cuba Gooding Jr, Willem Dafoe, Gayle King, Tim Robbins, Richard Wilson, Fran Lebowitz
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