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 Father John Misty said elsewhere, not written here
Grace Zabriskie – her style; her woodworking.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

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Bobbi Brown
My husband, who always seems to have everything in control and is so consistent.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2024 source ↗
Suzi Quatro American-British rock musician
My sister Arlene, who is 75 and on marriage number seven. I admire her hopefulness.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 November 2016 source ↗
Big Narstie British entertainer
Ed Sheeran, a little ginger boy from the farmlands in Suffolk who ran away to London, slept on the streets and became the biggest musician in the world.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗
Angus Deayton English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2016 source ↗

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