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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Alfre Woodard
Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2022 source ↗

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Allison Janney
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2025 source ↗
Hayley Squires English actress and playwright
Two friends who work for the NHS, Jason and Kate. One is a paramedic and one has been moved to work in an ICU.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2020 source ↗
James Dyson British inventor and businessman
David Hockney, because he’s so experimental and creative. He continually reinvents himself in a really delightful way.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 December 2021 source ↗

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