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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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Jean Smart
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Jane Goodall. I got the chance to meet her a few years ago, and it was the thrill of a lifetime. When I was little, I wanted to be her. I thought she had the coolest life in the world.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2024 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 ↗
Pedro Almodóvar Film director
Dr. Pedro Cavadas, a pioneer in face transplants and a specialist in the transplant of severed members. This surgeon from Valencia devotes his summer breaks to travel to Africa and tend to children who have been castrated in tribal conflicts.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗

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