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 Toni Collette said elsewhere, not written here
Anyone brave enough to truly be themselves.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2025 source ↗

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George Michael English singer-songwriter
Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who deserve the credit these days.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2014 source ↗
Reggie Yates British actor and media personality
Anybody who invests the lion’s share of their time in helping others.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗

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