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 Patrick Stewart said elsewhere, not written here
Geoffrey's widow, Alma.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2011 source ↗

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Ralph Ineson English actor and narrator
Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗
Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid. Not only was he one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.
Recorded David Sheff, Playboy Interview, February 1985 source ↗
Joely Richardson British actress
The elderly, because it takes courage to get through the day when there isn’t some glorious future ahead.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗
Nick Grimshaw English television and radio presenter
My mum. I just got back off holiday with her and we had the most fun. She’s game for whatever.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

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