Karamo Brown: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? — FLAPSS

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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.

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Karamo Brown

American television host, personality and actor

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My son, Jason, because he has overcome so much and continues to keep a smile on his face, and I just love that.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

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Grace Coddington Welsh former model and creative director

All the people I work with, people like Anna Wintour and Bruce Weber.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2015 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 ↗

Martin Kemp English musician and actor

Buzz Aldrin. I met him about 10 years ago and all I could do was look at his feet. What greater thing can you do than walk on the moon?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 July 2018 source ↗

Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

Any person trying to uplift mankind.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2012 source ↗

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Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

I cried this morning watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. I love seeing queens overcome challenges.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Not giving up on myself. As a gay black man things are, at times, more difficult.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

If we went back to house phones and were a bit more disconnected.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Selling newspapers outside the grocery store for two years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

To my younger self for not being patient with myself, and for giving up on myself at times.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

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