Andrea Bocelli: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

Originally asked

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.

Andrea Bocelli

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

The many nuns and priests who often work in the shadows, dedicating their lives to the service of others.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

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David Byrne

Aung San Suu Kyi, Caetano Veloso, Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, Ford Wheeler, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning. My late father.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2014 source ↗

Johanna Konta British tennis player

My parents, because they did what they did to give me the opportunities to do what I do. They left their lives behind in Australia and started again in their 40s in a new country.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗

Julien Macdonald Welsh fashion designer

Karl Lagerfeld.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 October 2016 source ↗

Rebecca Front English actress, writer and comedian

Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2015 source ↗

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