The question

Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Dawn O’Porter
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My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗

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Judd Apatow
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Neil Young. Not in that order.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2009 source ↗
Hilary Swank Actor
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2011 source ↗
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
It’s a tie between Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., Wole Soyinka, and Oprah Winfrey. All are fearless, all know themselves, all have examined themselves, and all are comfortable with what they have seen.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2019 source ↗

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