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 Imelda Staunton said elsewhere, not written here
Danny Boyle, for obvious reasons.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 June 2013 source ↗

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James Corden English actor and comedian
My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2013 source ↗
Denise Welch
My husband, Lincoln, for getting sober with me. He turned his own life around to turn mine around. We didn’t do AA, we anchored each other.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗
Arnold Schwarzenegger
My mother-in-law, Eunice Shriver, who founded the Special Olympics, and my father-in-law, Sargent Shriver, who founded Job Corps and was the first director of the Peace Corps.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2003 source ↗

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