Murray Perahia, because he is a great pianist, and temporarily lost the use of one hand, which prevented him from playing. His courage was beyond description.
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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2014 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 406 →Aretha Franklin. I mean, she’s Aretha! That says it all.
David Spade’s assistant.
The Dalai Lama because he has peace, and we all want that.
More from Chris Froome
View profile →Being able to eat chocolate without gaining weight.
Scatterlings Of Africa, by Johnny Clegg.
On the podium of the 100th Tour de France last year.
More on values & belief
- What is the trait you most deplore in others? 197 answers
- What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong? 79 answers
- What are you unwilling to optimise? 30 answers
- What have you come to understand about what it means to be human? 14 answers
- What is the most overrated virtue? 10 answers
- What do you need to believe in order to get through the day? 9 answers
Also answered this
Serena Williams, Chris Hoy, David Haye, Vinnie Jones, Johanna Konta, Sebastian Coe
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All values & belief questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject