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 Elton John said elsewhere, not written here
AIDS activist Jeanne White-Ginder.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2023 source ↗

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kd lang Canadian musician
My mother. I am always fascinated by her, and I get schooled every time I’m around her.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2021 source ↗
Julia Stiles American actress
People I went to school with who have careers as doctors and teachers.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗
Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer
My mother, Hannah: nearly 82, mother of four, homemaker, retired GP and knitter extraordinaire.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗
Zadie Smith Novelist and essayist
I feel almost certain I don't know them. It would be one of these types who dedicate their lives to the welfare of others, whereas the people I tend to know are people making stories out of the dramas of themselves.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2016 source ↗

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