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.

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Noam Chomsky, Barack Obama.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2015 source ↗

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Sadie Frost English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer
My mother, Mary Davidson, for having me at 16 – a child herself – and raising me with very little.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 September 2015 source ↗
Bozoma Saint John Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix
My daughter, Lael. She’s fearless and fun. In her eight years, she’s had traumatic events, but still gives hugs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 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 ↗

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