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.
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute. The work he and the team are doing to reduce extreme poverty is phenomenal.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2011 source ↗
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed George Floyd’s murder. It took astonishing courage to stand on the pavement in front of those policemen, and we all owe her so much.
The king – because he’s been through quite a bit and I think he’s come out the other side brilliantly.
My president, a heroic figure—also good- humored, pretty smart, elegant; and if the rest of the world thinks he typifies America, I don’t mind at all.
Deborah Divine.
At the birth of each of my children.
My first business, People's Place, went bankrupt in the mid-70s.
Vera Wang, Bobbi Brown, Paul Hollywood, Donatella Versace, Nadiya Hussain, Bozoma Saint John
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