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 Robert Evans said elsewhere, not written here
Anyone who can laugh at themselves.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

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Ann Patchett American author
A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2017 source ↗
Tim Minchin Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗
Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor
The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

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