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 Cybill Shepherd said elsewhere, not written here
Jimmy Carter, for his wisdom and courage in going to meet Hamas.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

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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.
Recorded Farai Chideya, News & Notes, Leading Ladies series, NPR, 22 March 2007 source ↗
Mel Giedroyc British actress and comedian
Probably my husband. In a world of bullshitters, he steers a tremendously honest course.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2015 source ↗
Jo Brand English entertainer
All women who slog their guts out every day, quietly getting on with bringing up their families.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗
Una Stubbs British actress, television personality, and dancer
My best friend, the choreographer Dougie Squires. Somebody once said his heart is like a hotel with hundreds of doors for everybody.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

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