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My grandad for having the courage always to be himself.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2011 source ↗
The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Others on this question
View all 407 →Cathy Rigby. She was really good in that stage version of Peter Pan. No joke.
Max Whitlock
English artistic gymnast
Usain Bolt for his attitude, the amount of confidence he’s got, the way he delivers every time.
Mario Molina
Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
there are really very many. Again, as a child, it was obviously those scientists which had lived in the past that had made such an important mark in science history.
Una Stubbs
British actress, television personality, and dancer
My best friend, the choreographer Dougie Squires. Somebody once said his heart is like a hotel with hundreds of doors for everybody.
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View profile →The mid- to late 80s, summers spent at Park End Farm in Atherton – ankle deep in horse manure and soaking wet from falls from badly constructed rope swings across streams.
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