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 Joan Rivers said elsewhere, not written here
None. Unfortunately, we are in an age of antiheroes.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗

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Jason Manford English comedian and singer
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. It doesn’t seem anyone has a bad word to say about him. They should let him be president – of the world. We had a brief Twitter chat, and I printed the tweets out and put them on my office wall.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 July 2023 source ↗
Andy Roddick American tennis player
I look up to people such as Andre Agassi who use their fame as a pedestal for causes. He was great to me early on in my career.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2015 source ↗
Jackie Chan Hong Kong actor and martial artist
Wow, so many – Robert De Niro, James Cameron, Will Smith.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2010 source ↗
David Gandy British model
David Attenborough. Not only has he taught us so much, but he’s also brought so much happiness to so many people.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗

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