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.
Greta Thunberg.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2022 source ↗
My grandson, for taking such wonderful care of me in my old age.
I admire the mother of my children a great deal, because she’s interesting, smart and funny.
The problem with my job is that you meet people you admire and then you don’t admire them so much. The only one I carried on admiring was Nelson Mandela.
Noam Chomsky, Barack Obama.
Not doing the above.
Seeing and being seen.
Knowing that each day I have lived wisely and loved well.
Paul Weller, Dawn O'Porter, Tim Minchin, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Jobs, Gillian Anderson
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