Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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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.

Recorded Andrea Martin said elsewhere, not written here
The sewing-machine repairman at the corner of 107th and Broadway.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

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Martin Sheen American actor
My wife Janet: she is the most scrupulously honest human being I have ever encountered.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗
Mary Portas English retail consultant
My wife, Melanie. She's had real trauma and loss in her life, yet she starts every day with joy, and sees the world as a good place
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2012 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 ↗

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