Barack Obama has shown us how to be a politician guided by intelligence, integrity, and compassion.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2020 source ↗
The question
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.
Barack Obama has shown us how to be a politician guided by intelligence, integrity, and compassion.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2020 source ↗
My wife, all those who contribute something of beauty, and scientists.
My uncle, Edward Wood Dunham. He has Parkinson’s disease and faces every day with bravery, humor, and a gin-and-tonic.
Peter Tatchell is a person very worthy of admiration, but few ever seem to acknowledge him as such.
My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.
Dishonesty. It destroys relationships. It’s something celebrities especially have to guard against because people are prone to tell you what they think you want to hear rather than the truth.
Years ago, before I had my current manager, I was taken advantage of by people I’d trusted with my finances. That’s made me especially sensitive to the prospect of financial ruin. I’m constantly advising young athletes to be vigilant when it comes to whom you trust with your finances.
Loyalty. Not fawning, but a loyalty based on our shared love and history that fosters compassion and forgiveness.
I had self doubts when I was a freshman in high school. I was 14 years old and not very mature, and there were a few incidents in my freshman year. I learned in a very competitive environment. The high school environment that I played in was very intense, and I learned how to be stoic and go out and compete.
My college years, when everything was possible and I felt physically invulnerable.
Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.
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